Type Specimen: Georgia

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Georgia Friendly Simple Legible

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Georgia Matthew Carter and Thomas Rickner Designed in 1996

Published by Microsoft

Georgia is a transitional serif typeface designed by Matthew Carter and Thomas Rickner. It is highly legible due to its larger x-heights, open counters, and its contrast between regular and bold weights. Georgia is wildly used on newspaper websites as the main headline font. Moreover, it is designed specifically for web display and is viewed as an ideal typeface to use with Verdana.


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ABCDEFGHIJKLMN OPQRSTUVWXYZ ABCDEFGHIJKLMN OPQRSTUVWXYZ Typography is a magnificent blend of art, craft, and passion. A great typeface is a lasting testament to the power and beauty of the human kind.

Typography is a magnificent blend of art, craft, and passion. A great typeface is a lasting testament to the power and beauty of the human kind.

Regular 10/13

Italic 10/13

Typography is a magnificent blend of art, craft, and passion. A great typeface is a lasting testament to the power and beauty of the human kind.

Typography is a magnificent blend of art, craft, and passion. A great typeface is a lasting testament to the power and beauty of the human kind.

Bold 10/13

Bold Italic 10/13


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abcdefghijklmn opqrstuvwxyz

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abcdefghijklmn opqrstuvwxyz

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1234567890 ~!@#$%^&*+(){}/\<>

With Verdana and Helvetica

TYPOGRAPHY is what language looks like. — Ellen Lupton


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No serif or cusp

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Parallel Verticals

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Vertical stress

Transitional serif

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M Modulated strokes

Tail touches the circle

Diagonal line meets at the vertical

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Vertical or angled Upward-pointing serif

Small aperture

Ab Cd Ef Gh Ij Kl Garamond

Futura

Bodoni

Univers

Gill Sans

Georgia


Type is a beautiful group of letters, not a group of beautiful letters. MATTHEW CARTER


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