This is why Ubuntu and other Linux distributions use an open source fonts “Liberation fonts” to substitute Microsoft fonts by default.
#Times armenian font software#
Many Linux distributions don’t provide proprietary software by default to avoid licensing issue. For more info, see the Segoe MDL2 assets article.Times New Roman, Arial and other such fonts are owned by Microsoft and they are not open source. Variable font that supports Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic. Variable fonts are good for precisely controlling the appearance of text. Legacy font that supports European scripts (Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Arabic, Armenian, Hebrew). Supports European scripts (Latin, Greek and Cyrillic). Serif fixed width font that supports European and Middle Eastern scripts (Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Arabic, Armenian, and Hebrew).
Serif font that supports European scripts (Latin, Greek, Cyrillic). Serif fonts are good for presenting large amounts of text. Regular, Semilight, Light, Bold, SemiboldĪn open-source font that's metrically compatible with Segoe UI, intended for apps on other platforms that don't want to bundle Segoe UI. User-interface font for European and Middle East scripts (Arabic, Armenian, Cyrillic, Georgian, Greek, Hebrew, Latin), and also Lisu script. Arabic available in the uprights only.įixed width font that supports European scripts (Latin, Greek and Cyrillic). Supports European and Middle Eastern scripts (Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Arabic and Hebrew). Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold Italic, Light, Light Italic Black weight supports European scripts only. Supports European and Middle Eastern scripts (Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Arabic, Armenian, and Hebrew). Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold Italic, Black Sans-serif fonts are a great choice for headings and UI elements. Light, Semilight, Regular, Semibold, Bold User-interface font for Arabic, Armenian, Georgian, and Hebrew. Regular, Italic, Light Italic, Black Italic, Bold, Bold Italic, Light, Semilight, Semibold, Black User-interface font for South Asian scripts (Bangla, Chakma, Devanagari, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Kannada, Malayalam, Meetei Mayek, Odia, Ol Chiki, Sinhala, Sora Sompeng, Tamil, Telugu). User-interface font for Simplified Chinese. User-interface font for Traditional Chinese. User-interface font for Southeast Asian scripts (Buginese, Khmer, Lao, Thai). User-interface font for North American scripts (Canadian Syllabics, Cherokee, Osage). User-interface font for African scripts (ADLaM, Ethiopic, N'Ko, Osmanya, Tifinagh, Vai). Fonts for non-Latin languages Font-family For more info, see Adjusting layout and fonts to support globalization. The LanguageFont object provides access to the correct font info for various categories of content including UI headers, notifications, body text, and user-editable document body fonts. Use the LanguageFont font-mapping APIs for programmatic access to the recommended font family, size, weight, and style for a particular language. For other languages, see the following recommendations. Segoe UI Variable is our font for English, European languages, Greek, and Russian. If containers are not well-defined (for example, no differentiating background color), or when there is a link to see more text, then use ellipses. The scaling algorithm ensures that a 24 px font on Surface Hub 10 feet away is just as legible as a 24 px font on 5" phone that's a few inches away.īecause of how the scaling system works, you're designing in effective pixels, not actual physical pixels, and you shouldn't have to alter font sizes for different screens sizes or resolutions. Size and scalingįont sizes in UWP apps automatically scale on all devices. When using HTML, optical scaling is also automatic, but you will need to specify the Segoe UI Variable font in CSS. When this font or another variable font with an optical axis is used, the optical size will automatically match the requested font-size. When using XAML common controls, the Segoe UI Variable font will be selected by default for supported languages. It also has an optical size axis ( opsz) for optical scaling from 8pt to 36pt.
This font has a weight axis ( wght) with weights from Thin (100) to Bold (700). The Segoe UI Variable font contains two axes for finer control of text.