We’ve commissioned five new custom fonts–which should be the next default font?Default fonts are perhaps most notable in the absence of the impression they
We’ve commissioned five new custom fonts–which should be the next default font? Default fonts are perhaps most notable in the absence of the impression they make. We seldom give them much thought, and therein lies their greatest gift. When a font blends into the background of a user experience, p.
It’s been 14 years since Calibri replaced Times New Roman.
Fourteen years after using Calibri as its default font, Microsoft is now looking for a new design to update its system. This time around, the tech giant is asking social media users to vote for the next font to take over its systems.
“We need to talk. What should our next default font be?” the company tweeted, along with samples of five original fonts created by a group of commissioned designers. Options include Tenorite (Erin McLaughlin and Wei Huang), Bierstadt (Steve Matteson), Skeena (John Hudson and Paul Hanslow), Seaford (Tobias Frere-Jones, Nina Stössinger and Fred Shallcrass) and Grandview (Aaron Bell).
Microsoft is finally choosing a new default font, and it wants your help in making the decision.
14 years after Calibri took over from Times New Roman as the operating system’s default font, the tech giant is finally looking to change things up with a new set. To do so, it commissioned a team of designers who came up with five new custom, original fonts named Tenorite, Bierstadt, Skeena, Seaford and Grandview. All five offer unique and refreshing takes on what makes a good, standard font, and Microsoft is now inviting the Internet to help them choose the best one.