Adobe

Created the PostScript page description language (1984), the basis of desktop publishing, and typefaces such as Myriad and Minion.

Adobe was founded in California by John Warnock and Charles Geschke, who had previously worked at the Xerox research centre. PostScript made it possible to describe text and images independently of the printer, and together with the Macintosh and the laser printer it became the basis of desktop publishing.

The company built up its own type library, with new typefaces as well as digital versions of classics. Adobe helped develop the OpenType format, and programs such as Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign became the graphic designer's tools.

Adobe in the font’s name and copyright notice; Type 1 or OpenType format.

• Typography