It can be seen in many places, including Microsoft Office and the Windows Phone OS. Unlike Frutiger and Helvetica, Segoe UI is identified by its distinct cursive italic script. In the Windows Vista version of Segoe UI (version 5.00), all the Unicode 4.1 characters are represented, including Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, and Arabic (Romans only), for a total of 2843 glyphs. To make the layout and readability of Windows Vista better, the standard font size has been increased to nine points. Segoe UI is designed for Vista’s default ClearType rendering environment, which means that it will be significantly less legible with ClearType disabled, except at key sizes (8, 9, and 10 points) where Segoe UI hints at bi-level rendering. The Microsoft logo, which had been around for more than 25 years, was redesigned in August 2012 using the Segoe typeset. Originally designed for Windows 2000, it is now Microsoft’s default operating system font, and is also used on, the company’s web-based email service. From a humanist perspective, he created a variety of font weights and italics.
Steve Matthewson designed it to be readable and friendly.
The typeface was designed by Steve Matthewson and was released in 2004. Microsoft owns the trademark on this typeface that Monotype developed many years ago. One of the leading sans-serif humanist typefaces is Segue UI, which is used by Microsoft.
