1986
Your tablet is probably larger than our Macintosh Plus screen
Stop in and see our “museum” with an original Apple Macintosh Plus 128K and Laser Writer printer, using Aldus Pagemaker, Apple MacDraw, MacPaint and Microsoft Word and MultiPlan, all on 3.5 inch floppy disks. (We also have a Bondi Blue iMac.)
Multiplan, powerful spreadsheet software (precursor to Microsoft Excel)
Aldus Pagemaker took advantage of Adobe System’s 13 PostScript fonts built into the LaserWriter Plus.
Helvetica, Helvetica Italic, Helvetica Bold and Helvetica Bold Italic; Times, Times Italic, Times Bold and Times Bold Italic; Palatino, Palatino Italic, Palatino Bold and Palatino Bold Italic; Zapf Dingbats
Imagine that! Thirteen different fonts we could typeset right on our Macintosh and print with our Laser Writer Plus! What an exciting time in the world of print!
Yes, 1986 was a big year! Judi and Bud opened Laser Letters in downtown Easton.
1987
Adobe Illustrator, a vector drawing program using bezier curves, combining our design and our math skills. Imagine the possibilities!
1990
Photoshop. Adobe gave us vector capabilities, now it gives us a raster editor right here on our Macintosh screens! Wow!
1999
InDesign. Adobe PageMaker’s successor was InDesign, a desktop publishing and page layout designing software application produced by Adobe. We use it create posters, flyers, brochures, postcards, business cards, and much more.
1994
Smartphones. The first smartphone - the IBM Simon - hits the market, revolutionizing how we make phone calls. However, it worked in only 15 states. It wasn’t until 2000 when camera phones debuted and 2001 when cell phones could access the internet.
2007
iPhone. Steve Jobs announces the first iPhone; Judi stood in line to get the first model. A year later the first Android smartphone hit the market.
TODAY
For nearly 40 years, Judi and Bud have worked side-by-side at Laser Letters, a design and print studio. They work with your final objective in mind, crafting the best solution for the quality and impact you need.
