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VTT Indic hinting video posted
Redmond, WA - September 2008
Part of the Microsoft Font Development Training Series, this step-by-step tutorial will help you learn more about hinting Indic fonts with Microsoft Visual TrueType (VTT).
OpenType Script specifications updated
Redmond, WA - September 2008
All of the Indic OpenType script specifications have been updated and posted on the site.
VOLT Training video posted
Redmond, WA - September 2008
Part of the Microsoft Font Development Training Series, this step-by-step tutorial will help you learn more about the Microsoft Visual OpenType Layout Tool (VOLT).
OpenType version 1.5 posted
Redmond, WA - May 2008
Version 1.5 of the OpenType specification is now available.
Font Properties Extension updated
Redmond, WA - 29 December 2006
An updated version of Microsoft's Font Properties Extension has been posted for download. This update includes support for the latest font tables and works under Windows Vista.
Hinting and production guidelines specification updated
Redmond, WA - 22 February 2005
New recommendations regarding minimal character sets and glyph re-ordering.
The science of word recognition
Redmond, WA. - 27 July 2004
An abridged version of Kevin Larson’s paper on the science of word recognition appears in the latest issue of Eye. The complete paper is available here.
More details…
Hinting and production guidelines specification updated
Redmond, WA - 3 November 2003
Microsoft no longer recommends that font developers map their fi and fl ligatures to the Unicode Private User Area (PUA) and recommends that preferred family and subfamily name table entries be set as appropriate.
Microsoft Font Validator released
Redmond, WA - 28 October 2002
Microsoft's typography group has announced the release of the Microsoft Font Validator. More details…
ClearType tuner updated
Redmond, WA. - 26 September 2002
The popular ClearType Web interface for Windows XP has been updated. The latest version allows users with Windows XP Service Pack 1 to configure ClearType for the rare BGR configuration of color LCD monitor as well as the more common RGB displays. More details…
OpenType specification 1.4
Redmond, WA. - 11 October 2002
The latest revision of the OpenType specification has been published by Microsoft and Adobe. More details…
ClearType proofing added to VTT
Redmond, WA. - 27 October 2001
Microsoft has updated its Visual TrueType font hinting tool to allow the proofing and testing of fonts under ClearType. More details…
Tune your ClearType online
Redmond, WA. - 26 October 2001
Windows XP owners can use this nifty Web interface to tune your ClearType® settings. More details…
ClearType in Windows XP
New York, NY. - 25 October 2001
Windows XP launches with ClearType® support built in. More details…
WEFT 3.1 beta released
Redmond, WA. - 24 October 2001
A beta version of the Microsoft Web Embedding Fonts Tool (WEFT) version 3.1 has been released. More details…
Trebuchet MS upgraded
Redmond WA. - 1 May 2001
Trebuchet MS, one of Microsoft's most popular free Web fonts, has been upgraded. The new version includes support for Greek and Cyrillic based languages. More details…
OpenType spec 1.3 released
Redmond, WA - 9 April 2001
The OpenType Specification has been updated. Version 1.3 can be found in our specification section. See the changes log to see what's new. More details…
Arabic OpenType spec posted
Redmond, WA. - 9 April 2001
Our Creating and supporting
OpenType fonts for Arabic scripts specification has been published. More details…
VOLT 1.1 released
Redmond, WA. - 27 February 2001
Microsoft typography is pleased to announce the release of Microsoft VOLT version 1.1. VOLT is a tool for visually adding OpenType Layout tables to fonts. More details…
WEFT 3 released
Redmond, WA. - 26 February 2001
The Microsoft Web Embedding Fonts Tool version 3 has been released. More details…
VOLT users hits 900
Redmond, WA. - 9 February 2001
Type designers continue to flock to Microsoft's VOLT users community site. VOLT is Microsoft's tool for visually adding OpenType Layout tables to fonts. More details…
January news roundup
Redmond, WA. - 1 February 2001
January was another bumper month for typography news. We posted seventy news links, a new record. More details…
WEFT 3 update available
Redmond, WA. - 29 January 2001
A new pre-release version of Microsoft's Web Embedding Fonts Tool version 3 is now available. More details…
800 VOLT surge!
Redmond, WA. - 19 January 2001
An additional one hundred members have joined the VOLT users community site in the past month bringing total membership to eight hundred users. VOLT is Microsoft's tool for visually adding OpenType Layout tables to fonts. More details…
MS typography new lead dev
Redmond, WA. - 8 January 2001
OpenType list regular Paul Nelson has joined Microsoft's typography group as our lead developer. More details…
Jobs update
Redmond, WA - 8 January 2001
Read about the full time software development positions open within the Microsoft typography group. More details…
'OpenType Toolbox'
Redmond, WA. - 5 January 2001
Microsoft's typography group is working on a visual font file validation and editing tool, code-named the 'OpenType Toolbox'. We're currently at the specification stage, and are gathering a list of common scenarios and tasks that font developers have to undertake. More details…
VOLT 1.1 release candidate
Redmond, WA. - 18 December 2000
A release candidate version of VOLT 1.1 has been posted on the VOLT community site. VOLT is Microsoft's tool for visually adding OpenType Layout tables to fonts. More details…
VOLT users surpass 600
Redmond, WA. - 17 November 2000
Membership of the community site supporting VOLT, Microsoft's free tool for adding OpenType features to TrueType fonts, has doubled in the past three months. More details…
VOLT 1.1 beta 2 released
Redmond, WA. - 10 November 2000
A second beta version of VOLT 1.1 has been posted on the VOLT community site. VOLT is a tool for adding OpenType Layout tables to fonts. More details…
VOLT 1.1 beta released
Redmond, WA. - 19 October 2000
A beta version of VOLT 1.1 has been posted on the VOLT community site. VOLT is a tool for adding OpenType Layout tables to fonts. More details…
WEFT 3 update available
Redmond, WA. - 2 October 2000
A new pre-release version of Microsoft's Web Embedding Fonts Tool version 3 has been posted. More details…
OpenType fully explained
Leipzig, Germany - 21 September 2000
If you only read one OpenType related article this year make sure it's this one, written for Microsoft typography by John Hudson. The article is an overview and explication of advanced Windows text rendering, including the OpenType font format, the Windows Unicode Script Processor (Uniscribe), and the OpenType Layout Services library (OTLS). More details…
Mac core fonts updated
Redmond, WA. - 13 September 2000
Download files containing new Apple Macintosh versions of Times New Roman (2.90) and Arial (2.90) have been posted on Microsoft's Core fonts for the Web page. More details…
Introducing NinaTM
Redmond, WA. - 31 August 2000
Nina is a new condensed sans serif typeface designed to be highly readable at small sizes, whilst squeezing in as many characters per inch as feasibly possible. This typeface was designed for Microsoft by Matthew Carter, and hand-instructed by Tom Rickner. More details…
For previous what's new postings see this page.
article posted 17 November 2000 and last updated 22 February 2005.
