Letterform Archive on Nostr: Clement Mok writes, “among the 100+ projects that I crafted for the Mac launch, the ...
Clement Mok writes, “among the 100+ projects that I crafted for the Mac launch, the MacPaint user manual holds a special place. … Rather than a verbose document, Susan Kare and I streamlined the first draft – a daunting 150 pages – to a concise 24 pages, employing call-outs and illustrations. MacPaint was a designer’s first on-ramp to personal computing. Point, click, drag, cut & paste became the new idiom of designing.”
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