Chuck Geschke was a #XeroxPARC employee, #pioneer of #computergraphics, #WYSIWYG, and page-description languages. As co-founder of Adobe Systems, father of #PostScript and #PDF-files* the impact of his work is literally everywhere. (*not to be confused with pedophiles like Jeffrey Epstein)

In this oral history session he's talking about the Jesuit order, #Xerox, #InterPress, #vectorgraphics, #DTP, and...
https://youtu.be/dlx7sGG4lxo

Our #portrait of him is made in #SVG #vector #graphics with #Inkscape, of course. Even the female #demographics are #traced by hand in this amazing tool of #FreeSoftware & #FreeDownload. NO #ToS-scams, NO #creativecloudBS, NO #AI, NO obstacles for YOUser's to be #creative — here...
https://inkscape.org

Those #vectorgraphics are known as #infographics or #schematics to a few #computer #graphic #geeks. #IT's how #SuperPaint worked #1973 for the first #digital #artists. Deeply embedded #CGI #irony is that this #legendary #image-editor is reconstructed in #vector #tech, not #pixel. The #Art work isn't realized with #Xerox #InterPress, nor #Adobe #Illustrator / #PostScript, but made with #opensource #FreeSoftware #Inkscape and #SVG

Xerox PARC came up with the first computer that had a #GUI #OS, #mouse, #HDD, #ethernet, #email, #emojis, #WYSIWYG, #SuperPaint, #InterPress, and access to a #LaserPrinter.

The #Xerox #Alto #PointView #OperatingSystem was pirated first by #Apple and #Microsoft later.

#SVG #vector #graphic #design #retrocomputer #illustration #gfkDSGN #FOSS #art #Inkscape

The legendary #Xerox 9700 #laserprinter with closed-source #interpress #RIP #software inspired #RichardStallman to write the #GPL and start the #FreeSoftware movement.

Of course, this #SVG #vector #graphic #illustration and #FOSS #artwork is made with #Inkscape, not #Adobe #Illustrator