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History and Technology of Computer Fonts
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/85.667294April-June 1998 (vol. 20 no. 2) pp. 30-34
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Computer fonts have become widely popularized through the use of the Macintosh and Microsoft Windows software systems. This technology has been evolving for more than 30 years and has a number of underlying technologies that support the current high level of utility and quality.

[1] 30 Adobe Systems Incorporated, Adobe Type 1 Font Format.Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1990.
[2] B. Livingston, Windows Secrets. IDG Books Worldwide, 1992.

Citation:
Tom Wright, "History and Technology of Computer Fonts," IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 30-34, Apr.-June 1998, doi:10.1109/85.667294
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