Typesetting tools/PostScript

launched in 1984, in the US, by Adobe

PostScript had a huge impact on the printing industry

PostScript aimed to be "the" universal standard, as a business strategy and preferred way of working...

PostScript starting from geometry as main framework for aesthetics.

PostScript: A Digital Printing Press, documentation page by Computer History Museum in California

Adobe's current webpage on PostScript

The Font Magicians - Computerphile: David Brailsford explains the font rendering issue that brought PostScript its major success

PostScript: A Digital Printing Press, Computer History Museum in Mountain View (US), December 2022

Reading examples and documentation:

• the REDBOOK: PostScript Language Reference Manual
• the BLUEBOOK: PostScript Language Tutorial and Cookbook
• the GREENBOOK: PostScript Language Program Design