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by David DeSandro

Susan Kare

Susan Kare

Susan Kare - Wikipedia:

Susan Kare worked at Apple Computer starting in 1982 (Badge #3978). She was originally hired into the Macintosh software group to design user interface graphics and fonts. … She is the designer of many typefaces, icons, and original marketing material for the original Macintosh operating system.

She designed the command symbol – ⌘.

She was the world’s first digital pixel artist. For the Macintosh, she designed icons — the trash can, the Happy Mac, the icons of MacPaint.

Susan Kare Macintosh icons

She designed several of the pixel fonts, including Monaco and Geneva.

Susan Kare pixel fonts

She designed the Solitare cards for Windows 3.0.

Solitare for Windows 3.0

That Queen of Hearts.

Windows Solitare Queen of Hearts