The legendary John Warnock forever changed the way we communicate

Adobe’s co-founder has passed away at the age of 82.

It’s a very sad day, folks: John Warnock has passed away at the age of 82. Most people probably don’t know him by name, but if you are using a Mac today, you have to be grateful for his existence because it was Warnock who helped the once-doomed Apple Macintosh bloom into the cornerstone of the 1980s desktop publishing revolution thanks to his PostScript page description language. Oh yes, and he co-founded that little company called Adobe, developed Illustrator, and created the PDF file format. Without a doubt, together with his partner Charles Geschke, Warnock left an indelible mark on the industry, revolutionizing the way we communicate, design, and share information.

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