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New Microsoft Fonts
Saturday, Jul. 30 2005 | Author: jeremyWith the release of Windows Vista, Microsoft has created a new set of ClearType fonts to go along with it. Until now, these were only available as part of the default installation of Windows Longhorn Beta Releases.
Now you can download them seperately (while it lasts) for your viewing pleasure. A side note that this is not an official Microsoft release, so grab ‘em while they are available.
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21 Responses for "New Microsoft Fonts"
July 30th, 2005 at 7:37 pm
1the link doesn’t resolve for me, but thanks to google cache, here’s the direct download link to the fonts:
http://www.uxevolutions.info/binaries/6fonts/6_New_ClearType_Fonts_Longhorn.zip
July 30th, 2005 at 7:37 pm
2Anyone familiar with how to install these in Gentoo?
July 30th, 2005 at 9:05 pm
3Nice Matt - Thanks for the updated URL.
July 30th, 2005 at 10:19 pm
4Here’s what they look like:
http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=47&aid=78683
July 31st, 2005 at 9:42 am
5Although this is no complete collection.
The Meiryo family and the Cariadings family are missing. Any info where we can get them?
July 31st, 2005 at 1:22 pm
6Those have been around for awhile for XP… since probably early spring.
July 31st, 2005 at 3:33 pm
7Calibri is especially nice. I have it as my main font on XP. These should be a nice supplement for web design when IE7 becomes prevalent.
July 31st, 2005 at 5:45 pm
8I installed these in Gnome (in Nautilus drag the .ttf files in to fonts:///) and am using Consolas in terminals and Corbel most everywhere else. Good stuff, I love the little things like the @ symbol.
July 31st, 2005 at 6:15 pm
9Consolas absolutely rocks for code editing. It’s finally replaced Vera Sans Mono as my monospace font of choice. The others are beautiful too — can’t wait for them to become more widespread. Let’s hope MS sees fit to release them for other platforms too.
August 1st, 2005 at 2:45 am
10NEW, Frome the makers of Comic Sans!!!
Microsoft is absolutely the last company that comes to mind when I think of quality fonts.
August 1st, 2005 at 4:12 pm
11Chad - then think again. These new fonts are quite honestly some of the finest screen fonts ever created. Check the link from G Stearsman above. And anyway, what about Verdana, Georgia and Trebuchet? All fine fonts from Microsoft. Credit where credit is due, and all that.
August 2nd, 2005 at 2:46 pm
12Anybody have a working link for these? The one already posted is quite dead. I’ve been eager to check these out ever since I saw that article on poynter.
August 3rd, 2005 at 6:29 pm
13Don’t worry Dylan, I can’t get a working link for them either. *sigh* If I find one I will most definatly post here for it.
August 4th, 2005 at 11:43 am
14Matthew from StrategicZero (see first post) in the interest of fonty goodness, provided the zip file for download.. heres the link to his post: http://blog.strategiczero.com/wp/?p=122
August 14th, 2005 at 3:34 pm
15try here http://www.turboupload.com/d/15630/6_New_ClearType_Fonts_Longhorn.zip.html
September 24th, 2005 at 11:47 am
16nice!!
January 6th, 2006 at 7:25 pm
17Now if someone would just make one that had decent looking VT100 line drawing characters.
May 19th, 2006 at 11:59 pm
18i still cant get a working site for the fonts.. none of them seem to work for me.. i dont really care - i just want calibri. is there anything else?
May 20th, 2006 at 12:03 am
19false alarm, false alarm.. i got it. thanks
August 31st, 2006 at 2:11 am
20I’m looking for Meiryo, anyone know where I can find it?!
October 28th, 2006 at 4:32 am
21i want calibri but none of the sites work
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