Pixar Animation Studios

==The Graphics Group==
===1979–1986===
Pixar began in 1979 as The Graphics Group, a part of the computer division of Lucasfilm.
==Pixar==
===1986–1994===
On February 3, 1986, Apple Computer co-founder Steve Jobs acquired the company and renamed it Pixar. Its first logo, based on the design of their image computers, was nicknamed "the BSD" (short for "Beveled Square with a Dent"), a play on the Berkeley Software Distribution version of Unix that Pixar used. The wordmark was created by John Lasseter with a stone cutter.
==Pixar Animation Studios==
===1994–present===
During production of Toy Story in 1994, Pixar began referring to itself as Pixar Animation Studios, and dropped the square logo in favor of a wordmark set in the Charlemagne Bold typeface. This logo was created by current Pixar CCO Pete Docter. The character Luxo Jr. became a mascot and appeared in the on-screen logo for every opening and closing of Pixar films, starting with the closing logos of Toy Story (1995).
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