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The new default Microsoft fonts

May 27th, 2006 · No Comments

Vista and subsequent MS OS will be shipping with a new default font family, the C* range. These will be unique to Windows so Mac and Linux are left out in the cold. It looks like Microsoft wants to distinguish their OS from the competition on every level.

The fonts themselves are good, check them out on the link below, it may well be the best thing to come out of the whole Vista train wreck. The downside is the dumb propritory nature of them, it’s Microsoft breaking standards again.

Bill Gates wants computer users, well, Microsoft users, to have a more enjoyable on-screen reading experience — so much so that he made improving reading on the screen one of his top five priorities.

Beginning in 2006, Microsoft says it will ship with its operating system and other software products six brand new typefaces created especially for extended on-screen reading.

Poynter Online – The Next Big Thing in Online Type

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