Download free verdana font - verdana.ttf
Verdana is a humanist sans-serif typeface designed by Matthew Carter for Microsoft Corporation, with hand-hinting done by Thomas Rickner, then at Monotype. Demand for such a typeface was recognized by Virginia Howlett of Microsoft’s typography group and commissioned by Steve Ballmer. The name “Verdana” is based on verdant (something green), and Ana the name of Howlett’s eldest daughter.
Bearing similarities to humanist sans-serif typefaces such as Frutiger, Verdana was designed to be readable at small sizes on the low-resolution computer screens of the period. Like many designs of this type, Verdana has a large x-height (tall lower-case characters), with wider proportions and looser letter-spacing than on print-orientated designs like Helvetica.
The counters and apertures are wide, to keep strokes clearly separate from one another, and similarly-shaped letters are designed to appear clearly different to increase legibility for body text. The bold weight is thicker than would be normal with fonts for print use, suiting the limitations of onscreen display. Carter has described spacing as an area he particularly worked on during the design process.
Verdana Sans Serif Font Family
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Verdana Regular | verdana.ttf
- Font family: Verdana
- Font subfamily identification: Regular
- Unique identifier: Microsoft:Verdana Regular:Version 1 (Microsoft)
- Full font name: Verdana
- Version: Version 2.41
- Postscript font name: Verdana
- Trademark notice: Verdana is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation
Verdana Bold | verdana-bold.ttf
- Font family: Verdana
- Font subfamily identification: Bold
- Unique identifier: Microsoft:Verdana Bold
- Full font name: Verdana Bold
- Version: Version 5.30
- Postscript font name: Verdana-Bold
- Trademark notice: Verdana is a trademark of the Microsoft group of companies.
- Manufacturer name: Matthew Carter
- Designer: Matthew Carter
- License: You may use this font as permitted by the EULA for the product in which this font is included to display and print content. You may only (i) embed this font in content as permitted by the embedding restrictions included in this font; and (ii) temporarily download this font to a printer or other output device to help print content.
Verdana Bold Italic | verdana-bold-italic.ttf
- Font family: Verdana
- Font subfamily identification: Bold Italic
- Unique identifier: Microsoft:Verdana Bold Italic
- Full font name: Verdana Bold Italic
- Version: Version 5.30
- Postscript font name: Verdana-BoldItalic
- Trademark notice: Verdana is a trademark of the Microsoft group of companies.
- Manufacturer name: Matthew Carter
- Designer: Matthew Carter
- License: You may use this font as permitted by the EULA for the product in which this font is included to display and print content. You may only (i) embed this font in content as permitted by the embedding restrictions included in this font; and (ii) temporarily download this font to a printer or other output device to help print content.
