 | By Woody Leonhard My last column explained how to make Vista’s all-new application fonts (Calibri, Candara, Corbel, Cambria, Constantia, and Consolas) work for free on your Windows XP or 2000 computer. This week, permit me to show you how to install Vista’s new system font, Segoe UI, on your Windows XP computer — yes, legally — and use it as your WinXP system font. |
What the heck is a Segoe UI?
Easy question. Controversial answer.
Segoe UI (pronounced “see-go you-eye”) is Microsoft’s system font for Vista, and it’s a font I like a lot. As with the six Vista fonts I told you how to get free in my Mar. 20 article, you can get Segoe UI for free — legally.
The controversial part of the answer requires a little background.
Few fonts have ever engendered such wrath — or billable hours for expensive lawyers. This much can be said for sure: the Segoe saga started with type company Monotype and its Segoe creator, typeface designer Steve Matteson.
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