{"id":310,"date":"2012-02-17T00:12:52","date_gmt":"2012-02-16T13:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.quppa.net\/?p=310"},"modified":"2012-02-17T00:12:52","modified_gmt":"2012-02-16T13:12:52","slug":"segoe-ui-light-improvements-in-windows-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quppa.net\/blog\/2012\/02\/17\/segoe-ui-light-improvements-in-windows-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Segoe UI Light Improvements in Windows 8"},"content":{"rendered":"

Windows 7 comes with Segoe UI Light version 5.00\/0.90<\/a>. Windows 8 (as of the Windows Consumer Preview) comes with version 5.15, which has been hinted<\/a> at various sizes. This comes as a very welcome change, especially with Microsoft using Segoe UI Light all over the place in its latest webpage designs. I recommend grabbing the updated versions of Segoe UI from Windows 8 for your Windows 7 or Windows Vista machines.<\/p>\n

As others have complained<\/a>, the lack of hinting in version 5.00 is particularly noticeable with lowercase b<\/em>s, d<\/em>s, p<\/em>s and q<\/em>s, the \u2018round parts\u2019 of which don\u2019t line up well with other characters. The heights of numerals are also variable at some sizes.<\/p>\n

Have a look at the following screenshots for a better idea of the differences (click the images to see the full sizes).<\/p>\n

Version 5.00<\/h1>\n

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Version 5.15<\/h1>\n

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Difference<\/h1>\n

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