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Peter Karow

Peter Karow (born 11 November 1940) is a German entrepreneur, inventor and software developer. He holds several patents in the field of desktop publishing and is known for his work on computer fonts. He contributed with several books and patents to the development of operating systems for computers. He is recognized as the inventor of outline computer fonts.

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Stargard in PommernSchöningenBraunschweigUniversity of HamburgIkarus (typography software)
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CharactersDigitizedFontPlottersItalic
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Dutch Type Library
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Alma mater
University of Hamburg
Born
(1940-11-11)November 11, 1940 Stargard in Pommern, Gau Pomerania, Nazi Germany

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Peter Karow

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related to External links · 18
Peter Karow → About, AdCyclopedia, AdVision, Archived, German National Library, GmbH, Hz-program, Karow, KiB, Literature, Macedonia Press, PDF, RetrospectiveHermann Zapf, Two Decades, Typographic Research, University, URW, Wayback Machine
related to Character hinting (1975) · 13
Peter Karow → Adobe, Apple Inc, Bill Caxton, Five, Fly, Hinting, In, John Warnock, Microsoft, OpenType, PostScript, This, TrueType
related to AdCyclopedia (1999) · 11
Peter Karow → AdCyclopedia, AdVision, Communication Agencies, German Association, GmbH, GWA, Hamburg, In, On, Today, TV
related to Paragraph justification (1992) · 8
Peter Karow → Adobe, Donald Knuth, Hermann Zapf, Hz-program, In, InDesign, Margret Albrecht, The
related to Element separation of Kanji characters (1992) · 6
Peter Karow → Fujitsu, Hamburg, Jürgen Willrodt, Kanji, The Japanese, This
related to Awards · 5
Peter Karow → Digital Typography, Dr, DTL, Dutch Type Library, Font Technology
related to Chapter justification (1995) · 5
Peter Karow → Adobe, Analogous, In, Margret Albrecht, They
related to Character grayscaling (1981) · 5
Peter Karow → Adobe, Adobe Acrobat, As, Initially, Today
related to Character pair kerning (1981) · 4
Peter Karow → From, Hamburg, Margret Albrecht, These
related to Text embroidery (1975) · 4
Peter Karow → Germany, Gunold, In, Stockstadt

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fonts karow peter font hamburg characters company used computer isbn software developed adobe urw possible first patents kerning made digital

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Peter KarowAlma materUniversity of Hamburg1.00infobox
Peter KarowBorn(1940-11-11)November 11, 1940 Stargard in Pommern, Gau Pomerania, Nazi Germany1.00infobox
IBMinstance ofURW digitized a large amount of fonts for companies0.80text
Siemensinstance ofURW digitized a large amount of fonts for companies0.80text
Microsoftinstance ofURW digitized a large amount of fonts for companies0.80text
Apple Inc.instance ofURW digitized a large amount of fonts for companies0.80text
Adobeinstance ofURW digitized a large amount of fonts for companies0.80text
Linotypeinstance ofURW digitized a large amount of fonts for companies0.80text
Monotypeinstance ofURW digitized a large amount of fonts for companies0.80text
Rudolf Hellinstance ofURW digitized a large amount of fonts for companies0.80text
numerous Japanese companiesinstance ofURW digitized a large amount of fonts for companies0.80text
ultra-lightinstance ofSoftware that enables to calculate interpolations and extrapolations between one light and one bold font version was than added and made it possible to create fonts0.80text

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