| Serif | Sansserif | |
|---|---|---|
| Cambria | Calibri | |
| Constantia | Corbel | |
| flared | Candara | |
| monospaced | Consolas |
A sample paragraph is shown here in several fonts, including all the Microsoft fonts released in 2007, and for comparison some older fonts widely used on computers.
Serif Fonts |
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Cambria, Microsoft 2007"Microsoft's typography group wanted to include several new screen-friendly typfaces with Windows Vista, so in 2004 it staged a competition, inviting some of the world's top type designers to enter. Of the 26 submissions six Western fonts were selected, and Microsoft then hired each winning designer to design the entire typeface. The results were two serif faces, called Cambria and Constantia; two sans-serif faces, Calibri and Corbel; a flared-serif face, Candara, and a monospaced face for programmers, Consolas. These six fonts are now shipping with the new operating system." (Kevin Larson, PhD, Microsoft Advanced Reading Technologies Group, Redmond, Washington. In IEEE Spectrum, May 2007, p. 28.) |
Constantia, Microsoft 2007"Microsoft's typography group wanted to include several new screen-friendly typfaces with Windows Vista, so in 2004 it staged a competition, inviting some of the world's top type designers to enter. Of the 26 submissions six Western fonts were selected, and Microsoft then hired each winning designer to design the entire typeface. The results were two serif faces, called Cambria and Constantia; two sans-serif faces, Calibri and Corbel; a flared-serif face, Candara, and a monospaced face for programmers, Consolas. These six fonts are now shipping with the new operating system." (Kevin Larson, PhD, Microsoft Advanced Reading Technologies Group, Redmond, Washington. In IEEE Spectrum, May 2007, p. 28.) |
Georgia, Matthew Carter (Microsoft) 1996"Microsoft's typography group wanted to include several new screen-friendly typfaces with Windows Vista, so in 2004 it staged a competition, inviting some of the world's top type designers to enter. Of the 26 submissions six Western fonts were selected, and Microsoft then hired each winning designer to design the entire typeface. The results were two serif faces, called Cambria and Constantia; two sans-serif faces, Calibri and Corbel; a flared-serif face, Candara, and a monospaced face for programmers, Consolas. These six fonts are now shipping with the new operating system." (Kevin Larson, PhD, Microsoft Advanced Reading Technologies Group, Redmond, Washington. In IEEE Spectrum, May 2007, p. 28.) |
Lucida Bright, Bigelow & Holmes 1985"Microsoft's typography group wanted to include several new screen-friendly typfaces with Windows Vista, so in 2004 it staged a competition, inviting some of the world's top type designers to enter. Of the 26 submissions six Western fonts were selected, and Microsoft then hired each winning designer to design the entire typeface. The results were two serif faces, called Cambria and Constantia; two sans-serif faces, Calibri and Corbel; a flared-serif face, Candara, and a monospaced face for programmers, Consolas. These six fonts are now shipping with the new operating system." (Kevin Larson, PhD, Microsoft Advanced Reading Technologies Group, Redmond, Washington. In IEEE Spectrum, May 2007, p. 28.) |
Times New Roman, Stanley Morrison 1931"Microsoft's typography group wanted to include several new screen-friendly typfaces with Windows Vista, so in 2004 it staged a competition, inviting some of the world's top type designers to enter. Of the 26 submissions six Western fonts were selected, and Microsoft then hired each winning designer to design the entire typeface. The results were two serif faces, called Cambria and Constantia; two sans-serif faces, Calibri and Corbel; a flared-serif face, Candara, and a monospaced face for programmers, Consolas. These six fonts are now shipping with the new operating system." (Kevin Larson, PhD, Microsoft Advanced Reading Technologies Group, Redmond, Washington. In IEEE Spectrum, May 2007, p. 28.) |
Garamond, Claude Garamond ~1540"Microsoft's typography group wanted to include several new screen-friendly typfaces with Windows Vista, so in 2004 it staged a competition, inviting some of the world's top type designers to enter. Of the 26 submissions six Western fonts were selected, and Microsoft then hired each winning designer to design the entire typeface. The results were two serif faces, called Cambria and Constantia; two sans-serif faces, Calibri and Corbel; a flared-serif face, Candara, and a monospaced face for programmers, Consolas. These six fonts are now shipping with the new operating system." (Kevin Larson, PhD, Microsoft Advanced Reading Technologies Group, Redmond, Washington. In IEEE Spectrum, May 2007, p. 28.) |
Sanserif Fonts |
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Calibri, Microsoft 2007"Microsoft's typography group wanted to include several new screen-friendly typfaces with Windows Vista, so in 2004 it staged a competition, inviting some of the world's top type designers to enter. Of the 26 submissions six Western fonts were selected, and Microsoft then hired each winning designer to design the entire typeface. The results were two serif faces, called Cambria and Constantia; two sans-serif faces, Calibri and Corbel; a flared-serif face, Candara, and a monospaced face for programmers, Consolas. These six fonts are now shipping with the new operating system." (Kevin Larson, PhD, Microsoft Advanced Reading Technologies Group, Redmond, Washington. In IEEE Spectrum, May 2007, p. 28.) |
Corbel, Microsoft 2007"Microsoft's typography group wanted to include several new screen-friendly typfaces with Windows Vista, so in 2004 it staged a competition, inviting some of the world's top type designers to enter. Of the 26 submissions six Western fonts were selected, and Microsoft then hired each winning designer to design the entire typeface. The results were two serif faces, called Cambria and Constantia; two sans-serif faces, Calibri and Corbel; a flared-serif face, Candara, and a monospaced face for programmers, Consolas. These six fonts are now shipping with the new operating system." (Kevin Larson, PhD, Microsoft Advanced Reading Technologies Group, Redmond, Washington. In IEEE Spectrum, May 2007, p. 28.) |
Verdana, Matthew Carter (Microsoft) 1996"Microsoft's typography group wanted to include several new screen-friendly typfaces with Windows Vista, so in 2004 it staged a competition, inviting some of the world's top type designers to enter. Of the 26 submissions six Western fonts were selected, and Microsoft then hired each winning designer to design the entire typeface. The results were two serif faces, called Cambria and Constantia; two sans-serif faces, Calibri and Corbel; a flared-serif face, Candara, and a monospaced face for programmers, Consolas. These six fonts are now shipping with the new operating system." (Kevin Larson, PhD, Microsoft Advanced Reading Technologies Group, Redmond, Washington. In IEEE Spectrum, May 2007, p. 28.) |
Lucida Sans, Bigelow & Holmes 1985"Microsoft's typography group wanted to include several new screen-friendly typfaces with Windows Vista, so in 2004 it staged a competition, inviting some of the world's top type designers to enter. Of the 26 submissions six Western fonts were selected, and Microsoft then hired each winning designer to design the entire typeface. The results were two serif faces, called Cambria and Constantia; two sans-serif faces, Calibri and Corbel; a flared-serif face, Candara, and a monospaced face for programmers, Consolas. These six fonts are now shipping with the new operating system." (Kevin Larson, PhD, Microsoft Advanced Reading Technologies Group, Redmond, Washington. In IEEE Spectrum, May 2007, p. 28.) |
Candara, Microsoft 2007"Microsoft's typography group wanted to include several new screen-friendly typfaces with Windows Vista, so in 2004 it staged a competition, inviting some of the world's top type designers to enter. Of the 26 submissions six Western fonts were selected, and Microsoft then hired each winning designer to design the entire typeface. The results were two serif faces, called Cambria and Constantia; two sans-serif faces, Calibri and Corbel; a flared-serif face, Candara, and a monospaced face for programmers, Consolas. These six fonts are now shipping with the new operating system." (Kevin Larson, PhD, Microsoft Advanced Reading Technologies Group, Redmond, Washington. In IEEE Spectrum, May 2007, p. 28.) |
Trebuchet MS, Vincent Connare (Microsoft) 1996"Microsoft's typography group wanted to include several new screen-friendly typfaces with Windows Vista, so in 2004 it staged a competition, inviting some of the world's top type designers to enter. Of the 26 submissions six Western fonts were selected, and Microsoft then hired each winning designer to design the entire typeface. The results were two serif faces, called Cambria and Constantia; two sans-serif faces, Calibri and Corbel; a flared-serif face, Candara, and a monospaced face for programmers, Consolas. These six fonts are now shipping with the new operating system." (Kevin Larson, PhD, Microsoft Advanced Reading Technologies Group, Redmond, Washington. In IEEE Spectrum, May 2007, p. 28.) |
Monospace fonts |
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Consolas, Microsoft 2007"Microsoft's typography group wanted to include several new screen-friendly typfaces with Windows Vista, so in 2004 it staged a competition, inviting some of the world's top type designers to enter. Of the 26 submissions six Western fonts were selected, and Microsoft then hired each winning designer to design the entire typeface. The results were two serif faces, called Cambria and Constantia; two sans-serif faces, Calibri and Corbel; a flared-serif face, Candara, and a monospaced face for programmers, Consolas. These six fonts are now shipping with the new operating system." (Kevin Larson, PhD, Microsoft Advanced Reading Technologies Group, Redmond, Washington. In IEEE Spectrum, May 2007, p. 28.) |
Courier New, Howard Kettler (IBM) 1955"Microsoft's typography group wanted to include several new screen-friendly typfaces with Windows Vista, so in 2004 it staged a competition, inviting some of the world's top type designers to enter. Of the 26 submissions six Western fonts were selected, and Microsoft then hired each winning designer to design the entire typeface. The results were two serif faces, called Cambria and Constantia; two sans-serif faces, Calibri and Corbel; a flared-serif face, Candara, and a monospaced face for programmers, Consolas. These six fonts are now shipping with the new operating system." (Kevin Larson, PhD, Microsoft Advanced Reading Technologies Group, Redmond, Washington. In IEEE Spectrum, May 2007, p. 28.) |