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Jensen Harris reported that Microsoft will use a new font in the user interface of Office 12 and Vista:
“With the UI changes happening in Windows Vista and Office 12, we felt like it was time to commission a more modern UI font, designed specifically to take advantage of ClearType. In addition, we wanted a more humanistic, friendly font that would seem less “computer-y” than Tahoma. Most importantly, we wanted the font to take advantage of the research done in Microsoft Typography over the last decade in specifically creating fonts that are easy to scan and read on-screen. These guys know their stuff, and we knew it would make a positive difference in the user interface.
The result is a font called “Segoe UI” which will ship in both Office 12 and Windows Vista. It was conceived, designed, and totally optimized for ClearType, and I think it’s beautiful at both small and larger point sizes.”
