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| Microsoft Typography | Microsoft ClearType | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4: View your ClearType® settings | ||||||
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Your selected ClearType settings have now been applied. The sample text below is specified using fonts commonly installed on Windows XP to show how text is now being displayed on your system. You can return to Step 2 to change your settings at any time.
This is Verdana, a font designed for maximum on-screen legibility and readability. Verdana was designed by world renowned type designer Matthew Carter, and hand-hinted by leading hinting expert, Agfa Monotype's Tom Rickner. Verdana can be found specified on thousands of popular Web sites and is also commonly used in e-mail. This is Georgia. Released in 1996, Georgia is another font designed with on-screen legibility and readability in mind. Like Verdana, Georgia was designed by Matthew Carter and hinted by Tom Rickner. This is Arial, one of the original Windows core fonts. The font is a popular choice for business documents, and is widely used on the Web and e-mail. The design of Arial is credited to the Monotype Drawing Office. This is Trebuchet MS. Trebuchet, named after a medieval catapult, was designed and hinted by Vincent Connare. This is Comic Sans MS. Based on comic book writing the font remains a huge fan favorite. It is used on a surprisingly large number of Web sites of all types. Comic Sans MS was also designed and hinted by Vincent Connare. This is Palatino Linotype, Microsoft's version of the classic text face designed by Hermann Zapf. This is Times New Roman, another one of the original Windows core fonts. Times New Roman is commonly used in business documents, email and is the fall-back font for most Web browsers.
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