2009-08-26
IKEA abandons Futura for Verdana
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From Typophile:
IKEA abandons ~50 years of Futura and Century Schoolbook for Verdana. In an interview with Swedish design magazine CAP&DESIGN [translation here] the reason for the change is to be able to use the same font in all countries, including Asian countries. Also they want to be able to give the same visual impression both in print and the web.I’ve never been a fan of Verdana, a typeface commissioned by Microsoft in 1996 for on-screen readability. Sure, Gruber uses it tastefully, but at anything larger than 11pt, it feels to me a bit squat and dopey.
That’s as maybe, but as the quote says, Verdana has two big advantages
- Looks the same on the web and in print
- Support for non-Latin characters
