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(Reed College at that time offered perhaps the best calligraphy instruction in the country.)

Reed College at that time offered perhaps the best calligraphy instruction in the country.

(Throughout the campus every poster, every label on every drawer, was beautifully hand calligraphed.)

Throughout the campus every poster, every label on every drawer, was beautifully hand calligraphed.

(Because I had dropped out and didn't have to take the normal classes,)

Because I had dropped out and didn't have to take the normal classes,

(I decided to take a calligraphy class to learn how to do this. I learned about serif and san serif typefaces)

I decided to take a calligraphy class to learn how to do this. I learned about serif and san serif typefaces

(about varying the amount of space between different letter combinations,)

about varying the amount of space between different letter combinations,

(about what makes great typography great. It was beautiful, historical,)

about what makes great typography great. It was beautiful, historical,

(artistically subtle in a way that science can't capture, I found it fascinating.)

artistically subtle in a way that science can't capture, I found it fascinating.

(None of this had even a hope of any practical application in my life. But ten years later,)

None of this had even a hope of any practical application in my life. But ten years later,

(when we were designing the first Macintosh computer, it all came back to me.)

when we were designing the first Macintosh computer, it all came back to me.

(And we designed it all into the Mac. It was the first computer with beautiful typography.)

And we designed it all into the Mac. It was the first computer with beautiful typography.

(If I had never dropped in on that single course in college,)

If I had never dropped in on that single course in college,

(the Mac would have never had multiple typefaces or proportionally spaced fonts.)

the Mac would have never had multiple typefaces or proportionally spaced fonts.

(And since Windows just copied the Mac, it's likely that no personal computer would have them.)

And since Windows just copied the Mac, it's likely that no personal computer would have them.

(If I had never dropped out, I would never dropped in on this calligraphy class,)

If I had never dropped out, I would never dropped in on this calligraphy class,

(and personal computers might not have the wonderful typography that they do.)

and personal computers might not have the wonderful typography that they do.

(Of course it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward when I was in college.)

Of course it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward when I was in college.

(But it was very, very clear looking backward 10 years later.)

But it was very, very clear looking backward 10 years later.

(Again, You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward.)

Again, You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward.

(So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.)

So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.

(You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever.)

You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever.