Tahoma replaced by Segoe UI

http://www.betanews.com/article/New_UI_Font_Coming_to_Vista_Office_12/1132763267
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Betanews is reporting that Microsoft has developed a new font called Segoe UI.  This isn't really news to many of you but what was news to us is that Microsoft actually optimized this new font for clear-type and that previous fonts were not similarly optimized.
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
it ain't a new font, i've had that font for like months it not too bad either. I got sick of boaring Tahoma after all these years.
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
For those who might think fonts aren't news - consider how much time you spend reading things. How much would you be willing to spend for that to be even a few percent faster? It's your life, after all.
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
t ain't a new font, i've had that font for like months it not too bad either. I got sick of boaring Tahoma after all these years.

You had it probably since Longhorn/Vista started leaking. I got mine through the Arrow skin here. And for a font, a fw months is pretty new.
The thing about Segoe UI is that it's optimized for ClearType. I got some more info about the font that I'll post soon. It's an impressive amount of work done on it.
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
nice work done on it. i had the font on a very early Longhorn transform pack thing which i uninstalled but the font was still there.
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
its a nice typeface.. its got more personality than tohoma and has some traits that set it farther from 'just another sans-serif font'.
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
i had the font - but lost it too lazy to look for it again - thought it was really nice
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Segoe UI is just a sad rip-off of a font called Frutiger. Frutiger has been around since before computers. It isn't months old, it's decades old. More here:

http://www.portlandtype.com/news/?p=59Link
Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
That's kind of funny. There are differences, like in the capital 'S,' but they are pretty close.

It's not uncommon for someone to take an existing font and tweak it a little though and slap a new name on it.

I read about this on Wikipedia a few days ago. Linotype (a type foundry) apparantly is protesting Segoe even being used in Vista.

Wonder what will happen.
Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
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No more problems with THAT! Whoohoo!