Comments on: A Comprehensive Guide to Windows Vista Fonts for Designers

By: TSL

TSL — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:16:19 +0000

Thanks Michael, ironically I just ditched the template featuring Cambria in the interest of finding a WP theme that allowed me more flexibility for selling advertising.

I guess you can say money trumps design sometimes…

By: rupam

rupam — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:07:42 +0000

Nice article thanks.

By: purab

purab — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:52:11 +0000

this is really helpful and good information. Fonts are really important for designers.

By: ivanhoe

ivanhoe — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:47:02 +0000

It’s unclear to me how anyone can work on windows with lcd monitor without cleartype enabled. IMHO, monitors and especially cheaper models with TN screens, require some sort of anti-aliasing to make them readable, regardless of the font.

By: Michael Tuck

Michael Tuck — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 06:06:28 +0000

Bill, thanks for the heads up. Wish you guys could offer Nyala and Segoe UI, but we can’t ask for everything :) And you have the Cariadings font, which is REALLY obscure. Had I known of this link, I would have incorporated some of the info in the article. Thanks!

By: Bill Davis

Bill Davis — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:54:52 +0000

Michael – a very comprehensive article indeed. Ascender Corp distributes these Microsoft to users and developers who need a proper license to them. More information is available here: http://www.ascendercorp.com/catalog/microsoft/clear-type-font-collection/

By: Michael Tuck

Michael Tuck — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:48:49 +0000

Ilia, to my admittedly inexpert eye, the differences between Arial and SegoeUI are small but important. Maybe it’s just “Arial burnout,” but I much prefer the SegoeUI appearance to Arial. That’s of course with ClearType enabled; Segoe looks awful without anti-aliasing. (Calibri, on the other hand, looks almost charmingly primitive in its unaliased state…) Steve, I absolutely love Consolas. I’ve switched all the monospace displays on my computer from Courier New, which I hate.

By: Ilia

Ilia — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:43:09 +0000

Very thorough article, great stuff.

I’ve experimented with some of the “C” fonts but never found them necessary, and the size issue kept me from using them. I have started using Segoe more often though. In fact, I often now start with it, and only switch back to Arial if it doesn’t work out for some reason. The two are close enough that unless the design really needs a particular font look I know that I can put them in the stack and my layout will be fine, whether the user has Segoe or not.

By: Rehaan

Rehaan — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 06:53:32 +0000

ITs viki for font. Great and detailed Information

By: Steve Jones

Steve Jones — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:55:02 +0000

Good article – very thorough and informative. Doubtful I’ll use them in web designs but I just switched my phpStorm IDE to Consolas – beautiful!