All of these fonts have been optimized for screen-readability by the experts at the Microsoft Typography Labs; and for the first time in history, it is possible to have fonts that display great on the screen and look just as well on paper, thanks to the advanced ani-aliasing features and OpenType libraries employed.<\/p>\n
Click each font to view a larger screen capture with a wider variety of letters, numbers, and characters.<\/p>\n
This is Calibri. Calibri is the new default font for Office 2007, poised to take Times New Roman out of its traditional alpha-male location. For the first time, MS Word users will have a sas-serif font by default. It looks professional, but not at the cost of aesthetics.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Cambria is a really nice new font that ships with Office 2007, and is primarily meant for titles, though it works great for other stuff too. It\u2019s not a true serif font, but then again, it certainly isn\u2019t sas-serif, but an interesting mix. Extremely well-formed characters with excellent spacing lend themselves to giving Cambria a very unique feel, and making it an ideal font to kick-start Office 12 with.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Candara is a new \u201cexquisite\u201d font, for lack of a better word. It\u2019s nice, flowing, shapely design doesn\u2019t leave much to be desired, and adds a lot to any logo (think taglines!). It\u2019s well-spaced and embraces a new \u201cthin-style\u201d typography.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Consolas is the new Lucida Console, following the \u201cVista-trend\u201d it\u2019s a sans-serif font with the same rounded appeal, but nevertheless retains the traditional \u201ccode\u201d feel, with monospaced characters and a \u201cboxy\u201d look.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Constantia is slightly reminiscent of the old-fashioned typefaces, but with a new twist that makes it perfect for essays and articles (pay attention to the \u2018y,\u2019 \u2018j,\u2019 and the \u2018f\u2019). Just like Cambria, it\u2019s a mix between sans-serif and serif, and makes for an excellent display and a fresh look.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Corbel is also a new font that comes with Vista. It\u2019s thin, spidery letters make a nice contrast on a wordy page. It\u2019s yet another sans-serif font (also \u201cthin-style\u201d), and well-suited for both logo work and articles.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Nyala is a nice font, especially for art designs. It feels a bit like Candara, but it\u2019s different enough to make it special. Great for logos and ID kits, Nyala preserves the true art of calligraphy and mixes it with technology of today. With a smaller pixel-size it may not be the ideal \u201cessay font\u201d but it does a great job nevertheless.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Segoe UI is a much-controversial and very popular new font first introduced in Windows Vista builds, and then made its way to Office 2007. Sleek and well-formed, Segoe UI is the new default for captions and titles in Vista, hence the slightly larger pixel-size, and the distancing between letters; as such it\u2019s ill-suited for anything else (e.g. essays).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Along with the Segoe Family comes Segoe Print, a very nice font with easy-to-read informal characters. While being well-formed, it retains a \u201cfriendly\u201d feel, and is excellent for certain dialogs in programs \u2013 and the notepad sidebar gadget!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Segoe Script is another Segoe-Family Member, and it has rather amazing connecting algorithms that decide the shape of each letter per its location – but just like cursive handwriting, it’s not the easiest to read.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n [images in greyscale]<\/a> [digg this<\/a>] [this article in spanish] [microsoft typography<\/a>] [weft iii<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" With every new version of Windows or Office, Microsoft Corporation seems to generally like to package a couple of small freebies that make it a sweeter deal, after all, as they say: it’s the little things that count. Windows Vista … Continue reading ![\"Calibri\"](\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Calibri.png\")
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