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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. missing option by trolltalk.com · · Score: 1, Troll

    "'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."

    [X] I don't run Windows, so I don't have a license to download them, you ignorant clod!

    It may be "mandatory", but only in the sense that some people think Vista is "mandatory". Seeing as how Vista is dying on the vine, its not something I'm going to worry about for the next few years ...

    --
    Kevin Smith on Prince
  2. Haha by headhot · · Score: 1, Troll

    Thats right, I'm not seeing the web as Vista users are seeing it, because I'm seeing the web!

    MS should go back and make sure Vista can copy files before it starts trying to "upgrade" every one elses' web experience.

  3. Times new roman by KeepQuiet · · Score: 0, Troll

    Times new roman is one of the ugliest fonts ever (actually, to be fair comic sans is ugliest) so it is good to know that it is being replaced.