Candara
{{Short description|Humanist sans-serif typeface}}
{{for|the town of ancient Paphlagonia|Candara (Paphlagonia)}}
{{Infobox typeface
| name = Candara
| image = CandaraSpecimen.svg
| style = Sans-serif
| date = 2004
| creator = Gary Munch
| foundry = Munchfonts, Microsoft
| releasedate = 2004
| license = Proprietary
| sample = File:Candara sample.svg
|}}
File:Font comparison Arial vs Candara for text using Latin script (Czech) and Greek text.svg (grey), Latin script (Czech text example) and Greek example]]
Candara is a humanist sans-serif typeface designed by Gary Munch and commissioned by Microsoft. It is part of the ClearType Font Collection, a suite of fonts from various designers released with Windows Vista, all starting with the letter C to reflect that they were designed to work well with Microsoft's ClearType text rendering system. The others are Calibri, Cambria, Consolas, Corbel and Constantia.
Features
Candara's verticals show both convex and concave curvature with entasis and ectasis on opposite sides of stems, high-branching arcades in the lowercase, large apertures in all open forms, and unique ogee curves on diagonals. Its italic includes many calligraphic and serif font influences, which are common in modern sans-serif typefaces. Calibri and Corbel, from the same family, have similar designs and spacing.{{cite web|last1=Levien|first1=Raph|title=Microsoft's ClearType Font Collection: A Fair and Balanced Review|url=http://typographica.org/on-typography/microsofts-cleartype-font-collection-a-fair-and-balanced-review/|website=Typographica|accessdate=24 November 2014}}
The family supports most of the WGL4 character set. OpenType features include automatic ligature sets, numerals (tabular, proportional, oldstyle and lining), numerator, denominator, scientific inferior subscripts, and small caps.
It is also distributed with Microsoft Excel Viewer, Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer,[http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=10 Excel Viewer][http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=13 Powerpoint Viewer] the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack[http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=3 Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint File Formats] for Microsoft Windows and the Open XML File Format Converter for Mac.[http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=27334 Open XML File Format Converter for Mac 1.2.1] It is not available as a freeware for use in other operating systems such as Linux, cross-platform use, and web use.
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Candara (typeface)}}
- {{cite web|last=Van Wagener|first=Anne|date=2005-03-04|url=http://poynter.org/column.asp?id=47&aid=78683|title=The Next Big Thing in Online Type|publisher=Poynter Online|accessdate=2006-06-05|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060604203726/https://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=47&aid=78683|archivedate=2006-06-04}}
- [http://www.microsoft.com/typography/ClearTypeFonts.mspx Microsoft ClearType Font Collection] at Microsoft Typography
- [http://munchfonts.com/Candara/index.html Munchfonts: Candara]
{{Microsoft Windows Typefaces}}
Category:Humanist sans-serif typefaces
Category:Typefaces with text figures
Category:Windows Vista typefaces
Category:Typefaces and fonts introduced in 2005
Category:ClearType Font Collection
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