Gabriola (typeface)

Gabriola

Category	Display
Designer(s)	John Hudson
Foundry	Microsoft Corporation
Date released	2008

Gabriola is a display typeface designed by John Hudson for the Microsoft Corporation.^[1] It is named after Gabriola Island, British Columbia, Canada.^[1] Versions of Gabriola have been used in Windows 7, Windows 8 and Microsoft Office 2010.^[2]

Design

Gabriola was inspired from an idea from music.^[1] Gabriola was developed with advanced OpenType features and has been optimized for advanced ClearType rendering to improve legibility on screen.

Distinguishing Features

Easily identifiable and/or unusual features include:

• The flourish of capital "Q"s extend far below the following letter.
• The flourish of lower case "f"s and both lower and capital "j"s/"J"s extend far below the previous letter.

References

External links

• Identifont - Gabriola
• http://channel9.msdn.com/blogs/larrylarsen/the-importance-of-gabriola

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