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Gabriola (typeface)

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Gabriola
CategoryDisplay
Designer(s)John Hudson
FoundryMicrosoft Corporation
Date released2008

Gabriola is a display typeface designed by John Hudson for Microsoft Corporation.[1] It is named after Gabriola Island, British Columbia, Canada.[1] Versions of Gabriola were supplied with Microsoft Windows since Version 7, and with some Microsoft Office applications since Version 2010.[1]

Design

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Sample text using different stylistic sets

Gabriola was inspired by the calligraphy of Jan van de Velde the Elder.[1] It was developed with advanced OpenType features and has been optimized for ClearType rendering to improve legibility on screens. Hudson added a number of stylistic alternate characters and flourishes, which were grouped thematically by stylistic set into different styles of calligraphy.[2]

Distinguishing features

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Easily identifiable and unusual features include:

  • The flourish of the uppercase Q extends far below the following letter; e.g. Qualifier
  • The flourish of the lowercase f and both the lowercase j and uppercase J extends far below the previous letter; e.g. alforja

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Gabriola font family". Microsoft. March 3, 2022. Retrieved Oct 5, 2024.
  2. ^ Hudson, John. "Using stylistic variants in the Gabriola font". Gabriolan.ca (archived). Archived from the original on 2010-08-24. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
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