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 by the calligraphy of Jan van de Velde the Elder.[1] Gabriola was developed with advanced OpenType features and has been optimized for ClearType rendering to improve legibility on screen. 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

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

  1. 1 2 3 Microsoft Typography - Gabriola
  2. ↑ Microsoft Typography - Gabriola Details
  3. ↑ Hudson, John. "Using stylistic variants in the Gabriola font". Gabriolan.ca (archived). Retrieved 22 May 2018.
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