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Standard Web Fonts 'Updated' In Vista

Posted by Zonk on from the can't-leave-well-enough-alone dept.

BladesP9 writes "Beginning with Vista, Microsoft has updated the standard Web Core Fonts that it has used since the late 1990s. 'With the release of Windows Vista, Microsoft has unleashed something quite new on the Web — the "C" fonts; Cambria, Calibri, Candara, Consolas, Constantia, and Corbel.' The article goes on to state that 'if you're a web designer and not using Vista then this download is mandatory since it will let you see your page as your Vista users see it.' The article includes a PDF document offering visual comparisons of the old and new fonts (pdf)."

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  1. Haha by reset_button · · Score: 4, Funny

    I saw the words "standard" and "Vista" in the same sentence and had to laugh! :-)

  2. Re:Market Hold Consolidation? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well I'm still using a CGA adapter. Does the world need more than 4 colors?

  3. The three Cs... by Tackhead · · Score: 4, Funny
    > With the release of Windows Vista, Microsoft has unleashed something quite new on the Web -- the "C" fonts; Cambria, Calibri, Candara, Consolas, Constantia, and Corbel.'

    Furthermore, "Embrace, Extend, Extinguish" shall heretofore be referred to as "Collar, Consolidate, and Choke."

  4. Re:Nice by Frosty+Piss · · Score: 5, Funny

    Say what you will about Microsoft but these fonts looks better than anything on Linux and Mac.
    Don't most GNU/Linux users surf with Lynx anyway?
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  5. They forgot a few by 192939495969798999 · · Score: 1, Funny

    Crapola
    who-Cares-ia
    Compatiblity-break-a-you-face-firefox-a

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  6. Re:Free Standard? by spud603 · · Score: 5, Funny

    They're totally cross-platform. The setup.exe will run fine in Windows 95, XP, and Vista.

  7. "C" fonts: Comic Sans? Nooooooo by chemguru · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah, but we still have to deal with Comic Sans...

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  8. Re:Nice by Fred_A · · Score: 5, Funny

    Say what you will about Microsoft but these fonts looks better than anything on Linux and Mac.
    Don't most GNU/Linux users surf with Lynx anyway? Only the kids, I think most of us just telnet to port 80.

    Damn kids, can't even whistle a carrier anymore, how are they going to check their email on the road ?

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  9. Re:New fonts useless without ClearType by nojomofo · · Score: 4, Funny

    And Trebuchets are much better at attacking cities than these new "C" fonts.... Oh, wait. Never mind.

  10. Re:Nice by p0tat03 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Turn in your geek card at the door, we geeks don't ever hit the road, unless by road you mean the hallway between the basement and the kitchen.

  11. My fonts by alfredo · · Score: 3, Funny

    I only work with Dingbats

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    1. Re:My fonts by j.sanchez1 · · Score: 4, Funny

      I only work with Dingbats

      Yeah me too. I can't stand listening to these morons at work.

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  12. Re:Yawn by beluv · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Stuff" doesn't have to matter as that is not the Slashdot tagline anymore. The new and improved tagline is "Our uptime. Your downtime." So as long as the site is reachable and you spend time reading articles, newsworthy or not, the new tagline holds true.

  13. Re:Market Hold Consolidation? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Dude, you have no idea on what you're missing out.

    I've got SIXTEEN colors on my screen! EGA power!

    Now, the question is, will we ever need more than 16 colors? Yes, I've heard about a 256-colors standard coming up in a few months, but that's just ridiculous...

  14. Re:Nice by notthe9 · · Score: 2, Funny

    How do you get to cons?

  15. Re:Nice by Bluesman · · Score: 2, Funny

    You mean without a car? first.

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  16. Re:why would you diss comic sans by DragonWriter · · Score: 2, Funny

    Viewing the entire web in comic sans is bound to have some effect on your mental health...


    Probably not one distinguishable from just "viewing the entire web" to start with.
  17. Re:Nice by MacTO · · Score: 3, Funny

    Damn kids, can't even whistle a carrier anymore, how are they going to check their email on the road ? Alas, the last time I tried whistling at 2.4 GHz, the FCC came knocking on my door and told me to stop.
  18. Re:HTML -- Rest In Piece by pclminion · · Score: 2, Funny

    Heh. I Freudian-slipped there with "piece" vs. "peace." May you rest in pieces!

  19. Re:Market Hold Consolidation? by rbanffy · · Score: 2, Funny

    I have an Apple II. Can you move something half a pixel to the left?

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  20. Re:Factor by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's true. 6.4 colors should indeed be enough for anybody!

  21. Re:Isn't this old news?? by Keeper · · Score: 2, Funny

    This is slashdot. Odds are, you'll read about this a few months from now as well... :)

  22. Re:Market Hold Consolidation? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    You have orange or green? What a luxury. I have a single blinkenlight, and the bulb is burned out.

  23. Re:Market Hold Consolidation? by mstahl · · Score: 2, Funny

    the Microsoft Typography people are pretty good

    Even this guy?

  24. Re:Nice by coaxial · · Score: 2, Funny

    (+ 1 'funny)