Study Task 5

Georgia 

Georgia is a transitional serif typeface, it was designed in 1993 by Matthew Carter and hinted by Tom Rickner. Created for the Microsoft Corporation, as a serif companion to the very first Microsoft sans serif screen font, Verdana. Georgia is designed for clarity on a computer monitor. with a range of sizes. It is effective at a small size because of its large x-height. 

Georgia is very similar to times new roman, however includes small differences. Having a greater X height at the same size. Georgia's serifs are slightly wider and have flatter ends. 

The font was designed by Matthew Carter, son of the english typographer, Harry Carter. Matthew designs the early 1.0 web fonts Verdana and Georgia. 

Designed specifically for Apple and Microsoft computers. The typeface was only realised until november 1996 with a font collection based for web products then later coupled up with a font pack released with Internet Explorer 4.0. Designed for the period were clarity for web-based prints were low resolution was desperately needed. He designed many other fonts at this time such as Tahoma, Verdana and cascade script. The font was produced and it was a highly legible font that had character and charm. The font was influenced by the the "Scotch Roman" typeface. The classification is Serif and Old Style.

The reason why I like this font is because I find it interesting how legible the font is when it is so small. Due to the X height, it makes it easy for reading on screen and allows clarity throughout sizes. As it is used in the internet 4.0 package, it is well known without realising, it allows people to computer pages simply and text becomes a lot more legible. This makes it a successful font as it is manages to be legible at a range of different sizes. 

The connotations behind this font would be a internet based font, and people would notice this and recognise it as being an internet based font.