Skia is a font designed by Matthew Carter for Apple Computer in 1993. It was the first Quickdraw GX font, featured in System 7.5 and higher, including Mac OS X. It is the only font Apple has shipped with their OS which makes use of TrueType variable axes (a feature akin to Adobe's Multiple Master technology). Image File history File links Skia. ... In typography, a typeface consists of a co-ordinated set of grapheme (i. ... Matthew Carter (born 1937) is a designer of digital fonts. ... Apple Computer, Inc. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... QuickDraw GX was a replacement for the QuickDraw graphics engine and Printing Manager, initially released in about January 1995. ... System 7 (codenamed Big Bang) was a version of Mac OS, the operating system of the Apple Macintosh computer. ... Mac OS X is an operating system developed and sold by Apple Computer which is included with all currently shipping Apple Macintosh computers. ...
Skia was also the code name for the Quickdraw GX project. QuickDraw GX was a replacement for the QuickDraw graphics engine and Printing Manager, initially released in about January 1995. ...
A spokesperson for Google confirmed to WRAL Local Tech Wire that the company had in fact acquired Skia but would disclose nothing else about the deal or what kind of software is being developed in Chapel Hill.
One, Skia touted itself as a developer of 2D graphic software for mobile devices, set-top boxes and what it called “emerging products.” The language was contained on a Web site once operated by Skia.
According to Reed, Skia drew Google’s attention in part because of business trips to California, where Google is based.
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