computers
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Windows and Microsoft in 1993
By 1993, Microsoft Windows was at a pivotal stage in its development. The current version was Windows 3.1, released in April 1992, which became the…
Photoshop and Adobe
What Adobe's young image editor could and couldn't do in 1993 — version 2.5, Mac-and-Windows, $895, and rare enough in Russia that knowing how to use…
Retouching and Retouchers: Sorcerers of Photographic Perfection
The art of retouching before the age of Photoshop: how master retouchers created flawless images by hand. The history of the techniques, tools, and…
Type Size, or Kegel, in Typography
"Kegel" (from German Kegel) is the vertical size of a typeface, encompassing the top and bottom edge of a printed letter along with its ascenders and…