The Woman Who Gave the Macintosh a Smile - The New Yorker 🔗 🍏 💻 👩‍💻 ✍️ 😀

’If the Mac turned out to be such a revolutionary object––a pet instead of a home appliance, a spark for the imagination instead of a mere work tool––it is thanks to Susan’s fonts and icons, which gave it voice, personality, style, and even a sense of humor. Cherry bomb, anyone?’ she joked, referring to the icon which greeted crashes in the original operating system.

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