At TypeCon 2007 yesterday, Microsoft and Apple have renewed an agreement under which Mac users are able to use the core fonts that are part of the Microsoft Windows environment.
As a result, Mac users will continue to be able to work with Microsoft fonts such as Times New Roman, Arial and Verdana in print and on screen.
Specific terms of the licensing deal were not disclosed.
Such cross licensing agreements allow developers and online publishers to specify certain fonts with the knowledge that they will display correctly regardless of the type of system used by the viewer.
Apple and Microsoft are extending the seamless Web and software experience Apple users have enjoyed for years when using and viewing popular Microsoft fonts.
Source: Microsoft Press Release
Fonts specify the style in which a given set of type characters is to be rendered.
Microsoft identifies 12 of its fonts as being “core” to the Internet.
They include Courier New, Andale Mono and Georgia, as well as Times New Roman, Arial and Verdana. Impact and Trebuchet MS are also on the list.
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I don’t think these fonts are “core” to the Internet, so much as similar fonts are core to publishing in general. The ideas expressed by fonts like Courier, Georgia and Times existed far before Microsoft existed
These fonts are not “core” to the Internet, so much as Latin-derived languages are.
Hi Dylan,
If you would have been at the actual event and/or read the Microsoft press release I linked to, you would have heard/read that Microsoft (not me) identified 12 of its fonts as being “core” to the Internet.
I only quoted Bill Gates and Microsoft in my post.
However, even though I’m not a huge Microsoft fan, I do give them some credit for knowing a little bit about internet related things. They’ve been doing this sort of thing since 1975.
Ah, now I see you have changed your statement:
to:
And have subsequently not shown my comment, because of your totalitarian comment moderation system. Thank you for censoring me.
By the way, just to wrap up. The statement:
Is historically false because Microsoft products did not interact with the Internet until the 1990’s. In the 1970s, the Internet was largely reserved for the academia.
I have always had comment moderation in place on my site. I don’t censor anyone… and I do have a comment policy in place which states my personal views on comments and moderation.
You have the freedom of choice to read and/or comment or not to read and/or comment on my site.
I also have the right to make edits to my own comments and posts if I need to make clarifications so I can get my exact thought across.
I apologize that you think I was censoring you. I believe in freedom of speech and expression but because I get a ton of spam visitors/bots I will keep moderation in place as I don’t want or need porn comments and links on how to increase my family jewels… hehe.
My comment about Microsoft doing this sort of thing since 1975 wasn’t specifically about the Internet, I can see how it would be taken like that, which is why I much prefer voice communication then email or commenting at various times. A lot can get lost in between the lines.
One of my points that I was trying to make was Microsoft has been doing things with fonts almost since the day they started business, way before you were even born
and I have friends and family members that worked for Microsoft in the early days, so I have some real world experience from talking with people who would know for sure.
The bottom line is this is my website and if you don’t like how I do or don’t do things around here, you don’t have to visit it. Simple as that, however I do hope you will stay and become a more active reader and commenter.