I just learned that Microsoft released a set of new ClearType fonts along with Office 2007(Oh, I’ve been using this for over 2 years!). I tried these fonts, they really look great! As I like Helvetica and Verdana and Courier New, these new fonts are now my new favorites.

I listed the following fonts, if you not sure what you saw below was using the new fonts or not, please visit the Microsoft official site here.

OK, Let’s take a look at these new fonts.

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Figure 1. See the difference between these fonts?

Calibri
    Corbel
              Candara 
                  Cambria
                           Constantia
                              Consolas

Figure 2. Font@36pt.

Calibri
    Corbel
              Candara 
                  Cambria
                           Constantia
                              Consolas

Figure 3. Font@36pt, bold.

Calibri
    Corbel
              Candara 
                  Cambria
                           Constantia
                              Consolas

Figure 4. Font@36pt, italic.

Calibri
    Corbel
              Candara 
                  Cambria
                           Constantia
                              Consolas

Figure 5. Font@36pt, bold, italic.

Calibri
    Corbel
              Candara 
                  Cambria
                           Constantia
                              Consolas

Figure 6. Font @ 10pt.

Calibri
    Corbel
              Candara 
                  Cambria
                           Constantia
                              Consolas

Figure 7. Font @ 10pt, bold.

Calibri
    Corbel
              Candara 
                  Cambria
                           Constantia
                              Consolas

Figure 8. Font @ 10pt, italic.

Calibri
    Corbel
              Candara 
                  Cambria
                           Constantia
                              Consolas

Figure 9. Font @ 10pt, bold, italic.

Look, these fonts are clear to read even when they are used at size 10pt. You can also clear to tell whether it’s on bold or italic. Especially, when you set the font to italic, it will change some glyphs like a, and make it more easy to read!

Nice!, Well done, MS!