December 1990 — Vol 12 No 12

Overview

Year-end issue. Frank Potter editorial: "Your membership in the Pi" (9). Support (a) Washington Apple Pi (10) — membership appeal. Typographic Pioneers (Jim Donnelly, 16) — "Boldly going where no man had gone before…" — historic typography. Club Logos (Lee Raesly, 20) — "Morale and publishing". On Ejecting Disks (Ralph Begleiter, 23) — MacNovice "explains why it's not so simple, after all". Wait for System 7? (Robb Wolov, 23) — "It's on the way—anyway that's what we hear". DeskWriter (Lou Pastura, 27) — low-cost, high-quality printer. Fontina (Nancy Seferian, 28) — new Desk Accessory. True Form (Gary Goldberg, 33) — form-construction. Claris CAD 2.0 (Frank Potter, 36) — elegant 2D drawing. Dynodex (Rob Clark, 37) — powerful address book. WAP Artists in Review features Marianne Giguere art. Closes Volume 12.

Table of contents (selected)

Club News: Office News (Nancy Pochepko, 8); Your membership in the Pi (Frank Potter, 9); Support Washington Apple Pi (10)

SIGs: Columbia Slice (11); EdSIG (11); IIGS SIG (12)

General Information: WAP Artists in Review — Marianne Giguere (Nancy Seferian, 14); Typographic Pioneers (Jim Donnelly, 16); Club Logos (Lee Raesly, 20)

Macintosh Articles: On Ejecting Disks (Ralph Begleiter, 23); Wait for System 7? (Robb Wolov, 23); DeskWriter (Lou Pastura, 27); Fontina (Nancy Seferian, 28); Notes on the Mac (Paul Schlosser, 30); True Form (Gary Goldberg, 33); Claris CAD 2.0 (Frank Potter, 36); Dynodex (Rob Clark, 37)

Highlights

Wait for System 7? — Robb Wolov

System 7 buy/wait question — Apple's major OS rewrite. Pi members debate timing. (System 7 eventually shipped May 1991.)

Claris CAD 2.0 — Frank Potter

Claris's elegant 2D CAD for Mac, 2.0 update. CAD-SIG was launched June 1990.

Typographic Pioneers — Jim Donnelly

Type history piece — culmination of the "I Like Your Face" / "Building fonts" series of 1989-1990.

Fontina — Nancy Seferian

New font-management DA — Seferian reviews from artist/designer perspective.

Club Logos — Lee Raesly

Morale and publishing — design notes for community organizations.

Dynodex — Rob Clark

Powerful Mac address book — pre-Now Contact era leader.

Entities

People: Eric Rall, Frank Potter, Nancy Pochepko, Nancy Seferian, Marianne Giguere, Jim Donnelly, Lee Raesly, Ralph Begleiter, Robb Wolov, Lou Pastura, Paul Schlosser, Gary Goldberg, Rob Clark Topics: Pi Membership Drive, System 7 Wait or Buy, Typography Series Conclusion, Club Logos References: DeskWriter, Fontina, True Form, Claris CAD 2.0, Dynodex

Connections to other issues

• Closes Volume 12 — Rall's first 6 months as President
• System 7 Wait or Buy — System 7 ships May 1991
• Typography Series Conclusion caps Jim Donnelly's year-long "I Like Your Face" + "Building fonts" series
• Claris CAD 2.0 follows the new CAD-SIG launch in 1990-06 — V12 N06
• Pi Mentor Program continues from 1990-11 — V12 N11