(Adobe Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA, www.adobe.com) The leading graphics and desktop publishing software company. Founded in 1982 by Dr. John Warnock, Adobe helped pioneer desktop publishing with its fonts and applications. Initially developed for the Macintosh, Adobe's PostScript fonts have become the standard among graphics and printing service bureaus. Adobe PhotoShop and Adobe Type Manager are examples of world-class software that spearheaded the industry. With Adobe's 1995 acquisitions of PageMaker and FrameMaker, Adobe became the preeminent graphics design and desktop publishing software company.
Its 2005 purchase of Macromedia Inc. gave it a significant leg up on Web design and Internet publishing, as well as delivering digital content to mobile devices, via Macromedia's Flash and Dreamweaver software line of products.
Its 2005 purchase of Macromedia Inc. gave it a significant leg up on Web design and Internet publishing, as well as delivering digital content to mobile devices, via Macromedia's Flash and Dreamweaver software line of products.
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