CIGD2104 Graphic Design History Lecture (12) Quiz
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Which company developed the Macintosh computer?

  • Aldus
  • Adobe Systems
  • Apple Computer (correct)
  • Lisa
  • What programming language underlies page-layout software and electronically generated typography?

  • C++
  • JavaScript
  • Python
  • PostScript (correct)
  • Which company created PageMaker, an early software application using PostScript to design pages on the computer screen?

  • Aldus (correct)
  • Apple Computer
  • Microsoft
  • Adobe Systems
  • What was the screen resolution of the first-generation Macintosh computer?

    <p>72 dots per inch (dpi)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who designed the early bitmapped fonts for Apple Computer?

    <p>Susan Kare</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of graphics did the Macintosh display?

    <p>Bitmapped graphics</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who designed the screen fonts for the Macintosh computer in 1984?

    <p>Susan Kare</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What technology enabled printers to output text, images, and graphic elements in a specific placement on the page?

    <p>PostScript page description language</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How are PostScript fonts stored?

    <p>As graphical commands and data</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which application initially developed for electronic photographic retouching enabled unprecedented image manipulation and creation?

    <p>Adobe Photoshop</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who coined the term 'desktop publishing' for the new method that allowed users to create elements on the computer screen and position them on the page?

    <p>Brainerd</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What technology enabled Apple Computer's first laser printer to more closely duplicate typesetting in 1985?

    <p>PostScript fonts</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who turned to editorial design in the 1980s and rejected conventional notions of typographic syntax and imagery?

    <p>David Carson</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Adobe Systems' PostScript page description language enable printers to output?

    <p>. All of the above</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is used to generate type characters as outlines that are then filled in as solid forms in PostScript fonts?

    <p>. Bézier curves</p> Signup and view all the answers

    'Hanging at Carmine Street' was a work by which artist known for rejecting conventional notions of typographic syntax and imagery?

    <p>David Carson</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What technology enabled the Macintosh computer to display bitmapped graphics?

    <p>Mouse</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which company invented the PostScript programming language underlying page-layout software and electronically generated typography?

    <p>Adobe Systems</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who designed the early bitmapped fonts for Apple Computer?

    <p>Susan Kare</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which company created PageMaker, an early software application using PostScript to design pages on the computer screen?

    <p>Aldus</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the resolution of the first-generation Macintosh computer's black-and-white screen?

    <p>72 dots per inch (dpi)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What technology enabled printers to output text, images, and graphic elements in a specific placement on the page?

    <p>PostScript page description language</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of graphics did the Macintosh display?

    <p>Dot matrix</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which company developed the Macintosh computer?

    <p>Apple Computer</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who designed the screen fonts for the Macintosh computer in 1984?

    <p>Susan Kare</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What programming language underlies page-layout software and electronically generated typography?

    <p>PostScript page description language</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is used to generate type characters as outlines that are then filled in as solid forms in PostScript fonts?

    <p>Outline Bézier curves</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who coined the term 'desktop publishing' for the new method that allowed users to create elements on the computer screen and position them on the page?

    <p>David Brainerd</p> Signup and view all the answers

    'Hanging at Carmine Street' was a work by which artist known for rejecting conventional notions of typographic syntax and imagery?

    <p>David Carson</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What technology enabled Apple Computer's first laser printer to more closely duplicate typesetting in 1985?

    <p>600-dpi laser printers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What application initially developed for electronic photographic retouching enabled unprecedented image manipulation and creation?

    <p>Adobe Photoshop</p> Signup and view all the answers

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