San Francisco is one of the original bitmap

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s for the

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computer released in 1984. It was designed by

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to mimic the ransom-note effect and was used in early Mac software demos and Apple company flyers. An official TrueType version was never made, and San Francisco was rendered obsolete with the arrival of

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