Gabriola (typeface)

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Gabriola
CategoryDisplay
Designer(s)John Hudson
FoundryMicrosoft Corporation
Date released2008

Gabriola is a display typeface designed by John Hudson for 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[edit]

Gabriola was inspired by the calligraphy of Jan van de Velde the Elder.[1] It was developed with advanced OpenType features and has been optimized for ClearType rendering to improve legibility on screens. Hudson added a number of stylistic alternate characters and flourishes, which were grouped thematically by stylistic set into different styles of calligraphy.[3]

Distinguishing features[edit]

Easily identifiable and unusual features include:

  • The flourish of the uppercase Q extends far below the following letter; e.g. Qualifier
  • The flourish of the lowercase f and both the lowercase j and uppercase J extends far below the previous letter; e.g. alforja

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Microsoft Typography - Gabriola
  2. ^ Microsoft Typography - Gabriola Details
  3. ^ Hudson, John. "Using stylistic variants in the Gabriola font". Gabriolan.ca (archived). Archived from the original on 2010-08-24. Retrieved 22 May 2018.

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