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Cairo Reversible Throw / Textile Art Wallhanging / ["Cairo" Original Typeface of the Apple Macintosh Computer 1984]
Susan Kare "Cairo" Typeface for Apple Macintosh 1984 / for Areaware
100% cotton
[50 x 70"]
The original emoji, Cairo was a typeface designed by Susan Kare in 1984 for the first Apple Macintosh Computer operating system. Taking its name from the hieroglyphics of ancient Egypt, each symbol was drawn by hand using the bitmap grid. A few notable symbols lived on into later operating systems including the cursor and watch.
Kare designed this woven blanket for the Jacquard loom, an early example of computer-controlled machinery, operated with punched cards and invented by Joseph Jacquard in 1801. May be used as a graphic wall-hanging.
Care: Do not bleach, machine wash gentle, cold, hang dry
Characters Generated by Cairo Type Font / Design by Susan Kare / by Courtesy MoMA, NYC
