Verdana is a humanist sans-serif typeface designed in 1996 by Matthew Carter for Microsoft, with hand-hinting expertise by Tom Rickner. Belonging to the Sans-Serif category, its sub-category is Humanist Sans-Serif, which gives it wide proportions, large x-height, and open letterforms optimized for on-screen readability at small sizes. Developed as part of Microsoft’s core web fonts, Verdana quickly became a standard for digital interfaces, websites, and software due to its clarity and legibility across different screen resolutions. It is a proprietary typeface licensed by Microsoft/Monotype, bundled with Windows and many software packages, but requires a commercial license for certain uses such as embedding. Verdana remains one of the most reliable and widely used fonts in digital design and user interfaces.

Designed by: Matthew Carter

Category: Sans Serif Humanist

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