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Gabriola (typeface)

释义

Design
Distinguishing Features
References
External links

{{Infobox font
| name = Gabriola
| image = GabriolaSpecimen.svg
| style = Display
| creator = John Hudson
| foundry = Microsoft Corporation
| releasedate = 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. ^¹²Microsoft Typography - Gabriola
2. ^Microsoft Typography - Gabriola Details
3. ^{{cite web|last1=Hudson|first1=John|title=Using stylistic variants in the Gabriola font|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100824155722/http://gabriolan.ca/gabriola-font-variants/|website=Gabriolan.ca (archived)|accessdate=22 May 2018}}

External links

http://channel9.msdn.com/blogs/larrylarsen/the-importance-of-gabriola

4 : Microsoft typefaces|Typefaces and fonts introduced in 2008|Typefaces designed by John Hudson|Script typefaces

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