Athens was one of the original bitmap

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s for the

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computer. It was designed by Susan Kare. An official TrueType version was never made, and Athens was rendered obsolete with the arrival of

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by Hank Gillette and Athene by

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are free

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fonts of similar design sometimes used as a surrogate on non-Apple systems.

References

Apple Inc. typefaces Slab serif typefaces Typefaces and fonts introduced in 1984 Typefaces designed by Susan Kare {{Typ-stub