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| Typeface | Georgia |
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| Category | Serif |
| Classifications | Transitional PANOSE: 2263545234 |
| Designer(s) | Matthew Carter |
| Foundry | Microsoft Corporation |
| Date released | 1993 |
Georgia is a transitional serif typeface designed in 1993 by Matthew Carter for the Microsoft Corporation. It is designed for clarity on a computer monitor even at small sizes, partially due to a relatively large x-height. The typeface is named for a tabloid test headline about alien heads being found in the U.S. state of Georgia. The Georgia typeface name is a registered trademark of the Microsoft Corporation. The Georgia typeface shares many similarities with Times New Roman, though Georgia is noticeably larger than Times at the same point size. Times New Roman's characters are slightly narrower, having a more vertical axis. When one compensates for the size differences and disregards the differences in compression and spacing, the remaining differences are minimal. Many letterforms on initial inspection are difficult for a novice to distinguish between Georgia and Times New Roman. Overall, Georgia's serifs are slightly wider and with blunter, flatter ends. Georgia is part of the Web core fonts package and is preinstalled by default on Apple Macintosh and Windows-based computers. It has found popular use as an alternative serif typeface to Times New Roman.
See also
References
^ "Georgia & Verdana Typefaces designed for the screen (finally)", by Daniel Will-Harris, accessed 24 November, 2005
- Fiedl, Frederich, Nicholas Ott and Bernard Stein. Typography: An Encyclopedic Survey of Type Design and Techniques Through History. Black Dog & Leventhal: 1998. ISBN 1-57912-023-7.
External links
- Georgia font information (Microsoft typography)
- Downloadable version of Georgia (Core fonts for the Web)
