Web core fonts was a project started by Microsoft in 1996 to make a standard pack of fonts for the Internet. The project was terminated (in August2002). However, the EULA on the font packages allowed redistribution as long as the packages were kept in their original format and with their original filename, and they were not used to add value to commercial products. As a result, they are still available for download on third-party websites. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT, HKEx: 4338) is the worlds largest software company, with 2005 global annual sales of 40 billion US dollars and more than 55,000 employees in 85 countries and regions. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Note: as an adjective (stressed on the second syllable instead of the first), august means honorable. ... 2002 (MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A software license is a type of proprietary or gratiuitious license as well as a memorandum of contract between a producer and a user of computer software — sometimes called an End User License Agreement (EULA) — that specifies the perimeters of the permission granted by the owner to the user. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with value-add. ...
The project was criticized by Håkon Wium Lie [1] for not being interoperable. HÃ¥kon Wium Lie (born 1965 in Norway) is, as of 2004, presently Chief Technology Officer of Opera Software, where he has worked since 1999. ... Interoperability can be defined in a technical way or in a broad way, taking into account social, political and organizational factors. ...
Andale Mono—formerly Monotype. ... Arial is a font packaged with several Microsoft Corporation applications. ... Comic Sans is a digital typeface from Microsoft Corporation designed to imitate comic book lettering, for use in casual and informal settings. ... Courier is a monospace font that resembles the output from a typewriter. ... Times New Roman is a serif typeface, developed for The Times (London) newspaper in the early 1930s, designed by Stanley Morison together with Starling Burgess and Victor Lardent, and produced by the Monotype Corporation. ... Trebuchet MS is a sans-serif typeface designed by Vincent Connare for Microsoft Corporation. ... Verdana is a sans-serif typeface designed by Matthew Carter for Microsoft Corporation, with hand-hinting done by Agfa Monotype’s Tom Rickner. ... Webdings sample. ...
External links
Former Web core fonts homepage (Courtesy of the internet archive)
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