iA Writer

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iA Writer

Original author(s)	Information Architects GmbH.
Developer(s)	Information Architects GmbH.
Initial release	September 22, 2010; 11 years ago (2010-09-22), for iOS
Stable release	iOS 5.6.2 / October 21, 2020; 15 months ago (2020-10-21) macOS 5.6.3 / October 21, 2020; 15 months ago (2020-10-21) Windows 1.4.7655 / December 21, 2020; 13 months ago (2020-12-21) Android 2.0(86) / August 7, 2020; 17 months ago (2020-08-07)
Written in	Objective-C (iOS), Objective-C (macOS), C (Windows), Java (Android)
Operating system	macOS iOS Android Microsoft Windows
Size	12–40 MB
Type	Text editor
License	Proprietary software
Website	www.ia.net/writer

iA Writer is a text editor developed by Information Architects (iA), and was initially released on September 22, 2010 for iOS (iPhone and iPad), May 28, 2011 for macOS and 2018 for Microsoft Windows through a Kickstarter campaign.

iA states that the purpose is "to keep you focused on just writing"; it has a typical layout using what the authors call "writing typography", and is characterized by a monospaced and duospaced fonts (based on IBM Plex Mono font),^[1] a blue cursor, and a gray background color.

It supports the W3C open standard Micropub for directly publishing to personal websites and microblogging services like micro.blog.^[2]

See also[]

• List of text editors
• Comparison of text editors

Notes[]

References[]

• iA Writer for iPhone review, The Verge
• iA Writer for iPad Review, MacWorld
• [1], Business Insider
• iA Writer for Mac Review. The Next Web

External links[]

• Official Website