Peter Karow was born on 11 November 1940 and is a German entrepreneur, inventor and software developer.
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11 Facts About Peter Karow
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Peter Karow holds several patents in the field of desktop publishing and is known for his work on computer fonts.
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Peter Karow contributed with several books and patents to the development of operating systems for computers.
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Peter Karow is recognized as the inventor of outline computer fonts.
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In 1975, Peter Karow invented a software program for the company Gunold in Stockstadt, Germany, that made automatic stitching of embroidered text possible worldwide for the first time.
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Peter Karow realized very quickly that - in the case of coarse resolutions -the mere calculation of bitmaps led to images of letters that appeared distorted through random rasterization.
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In 1988, Peter Karow worked as an advisor for Apple Inc during the development of hinting for TrueType fonts.
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From 1981 to 1991, together with Margret Albrecht from Hamburg, Peter Karow devoted himself to the automation of kerning, i e the calculation of kerning values for the improvement of typesetting.
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Peter Karow tried to find an inexpensive solution to enhance the display by means of using grayscale instead of just black and white, but this solution did not immediately gain acceptance.
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In 1992, Peter Karow developed the Hz-program, the automation of the paragraph justification, together with the well-known typographer Hermann Zapf and Margret Albrecht.
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On behalf of the company AdVision digital GmbH in Hamburg, Peter Karow developed the AdCyclopedia, a database for current and historic ads in newspapers, magazines, TV, internet, billboards, movies and emails.
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