The co-founder of the leading company Adobe, John Edward Warnock has now breathed his last at the age of 82. The cause of death has not been announced by the family at this time.
John Warnock founded Adobe in 1982, along with Charles Geschke. He stepped down as CEO of Adobe in 2000, but remained on the board until 2017, and continued to help facilitate desktop publishing.
The first product he developed under Adobe was Adobe PostScript which revolutionized desktop publishing. In addition, in 1986, he also created Adobe Illustrator, and subsequently produced the PDF format in 1991.
One of the popular typefaces is also named after him, which is Warnock. Steve Jobs himself tried to buy Adobe before, but was rejected by Adobe.
His contribution in the desktop publishing arena is greatly appreciated by all users around the world.
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