Verdana is a humanist sans-serif typeface designed in 1996 by Matthew Carter for Microsoft, with hand-hinting expertise by Tom Rickner. Belonging to the Sans-Serif category, its sub-category is Humanist Sans-Serif, which gives it wide proportions, large x-height, and open letterforms optimized for on-screen readability at small sizes. Developed as part of Microsoft’s core web fonts, Verdana quickly became a standard for digital interfaces, websites, and software due to its clarity and legibility across different screen resolutions. It is a proprietary typeface licensed by Microsoft/Monotype, bundled with Windows and many software packages, but requires a commercial license for certain uses such as embedding. Verdana remains one of the most reliable and widely used fonts in digital design and user interfaces.
Designed by: Matthew Carter
Category: Sans Serif Humanist
Uploaded by: veer8vkm
Freeware (Personal Use Only)
Free to download and use personally, but not allowed in commercial projects. May prohibit modification and redistribution.
Tags: Matthew Carter font Microsoft font Monotype font Tom Rickner font Verdana Windows system font core web fonts digital design typeface humanist sans-serif legible on-screen font professional sans-serif sans-serif font screen optimized font user interface font web safe font