This was the font for new thinking at the time".
Microsoft released Verdana in 1996 as a versatile font for new technologies.
I wrote and illustrated the book myself as well as designing the font for it.
The lack of a comprehensive font for math symbols presents aesthetic problems as well.
"The Black Letter type style was the predominant font for skin art and tattoos".
Advertisers merrily twist the rules, using a tiny font for the translation, or inventing logos in indigestible franglais.
But they would keep returning to the font for minor changes: an adjustment in thickness here, a change in letter spacing there.
So here, in both text and full Wordle glory, are the results (the size of the font, for the uninitiated, is proportional to the number of votes cast).
I enjoyed choosing the font for my logo (Shakespearean), the type of shelf (Victorian), even the colour of the paint (papyrus).
The client turned out to be Microsoft, which, to de Groot's astonishment, chose Calibri as the default font for its Microsoft Office suite.
"Why would anyone use a completely unknown font for an official document?" By coincidence, the font also figures in America's ongoing Presidential scandal.
