Illustrator History -

The story begins with the founding of Adobe by John Warnock and Charles Geschke. Having developed , a page description language that allowed computers to talk to printers, Warnock realized there was a need for a professional tool to create the complex vector shapes PostScript was capable of rendering.

added Transparency and Drop Shadows . This sounds simple, but it was a nightmare for printers. Suddenly, designers were putting overlapping transparent shapes on a page. How do you print that? Adobe answered with PDF , making Illustrator the best PDF editor on the market. illustrator history

: Adobe Illustrator was actually born out of a husband's desire to help his wife. Adobe co-founder John Warnock The story begins with the founding of Adobe

By , Adobe caught up. This version introduced the holy grail of vector art: Gradients and the Paint Bucket tool. For the first time, a logo could fade smoothly from blue to red without being a pixelated mess. 3.0 also introduced TrueType font support, making it a typography powerhouse. This sounds simple, but it was a nightmare for printers

The 90s were defined by two things: the battle against Macromedia FreeHand, and the rise of the "Pantone" color workflow.