PANOSE History

A brief history of the PANOSE typeface matching system.

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1. PANOSE & Infinifont A hopefully brief history
2. PANOSE Invention • Setting 1982: Letraset presstype, 
 optical scaling photosetters, 
 hay-day for ITC and Linotype • Story of Need • Singular Focus: Classification by visual characteristics only • Database in DataStar, Text in WordStar, moving to FileMaker 1.0
3. PANOSE Red Book • Setting 1985: First Mac, 
 early compositor 
 viewing systems, 
 PostScript 1.0 • Family-based, 7 digits, 
 11 characteristics • Why PANOSE?
4. PANOSE TrueType & Grey Book • Setting 1990: Mac growth, 
 PostScript Imagesetters, LaserWriter 35 • GO Systems Tablet Computer Kanji Matching • Licenses by MS for Windows OS/2 TrueType • 10 digits, 16 characteristics, 
 Classification Guide (Grey Book) • Lesser known and used: PANOSE Decorative and PANOSE Hand Written, PANOSE Iconographic • Red Book Page IX “Remember, this book can quickly locate a typeface for you, but at this point it cannot design one. Maybe next year.”
5. Infinifont 1.0 • Setting 1992 (released1994): Multiple Masters, TrueType, Mac System 7.0, Windows 3.1 • PANOSE 2.0: • No longer bucket values • specific ratios based on physical measurements • Drives the Infinifont Engine • Infinifont 1.0: • Terafont / TSL / IFE / Pecos • Infinite GERM fonts, 120 replica fonts / fully hinted TT & T1 • Embedded in HP LaserJet 5mp
6. Infinifont Cyrillic • Additional 86 Glyphs • Across 120 fonts • Fully hinted TrueType and TypeOne • 4 months development time
7. Infinifont Kanji • Smart and scalable compositing • Partnership with Morisawa in Osaka Japan • ElseWare: Technology and Replication Services • Morisawa: Aesthetics and Character Quality • Shared revenue • Estimates of 12 fonts (3 families, 4 weights) in less than 4 megs • Abandoned by Hewlett Packard
8. PANOSE Devanagari • Currently under development • 10 digits, 18 characteristics • Visual classification of glyph designs • New concepts: Knots, Loops, Matra lines • Used for matching and soon for synthesis
9. fini (thanks for your time)