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Segoe
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Also known as Segoe UI, Segoe WP

Segoe ( ) is a typeface, or family of fonts, that is best known for its use by Microsoft. The company uses Segoe in its online and printed marketing materials, including recent logos for a number of products. Additionally, the Segoe UI font sub-family is used by numerous Microsoft applications, and may be installed by applications (such as Microsoft Office and Windows Live Messenger). It was adopted as Microsoft's default operating system font, and is also used on Outlook.com, Microsoft's web-based email service. On August 23, 2012, Microsoft unveiled its new corporate logo typeset in Segoe, r

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Font.name
Selawik
Font.image
Selawik SP.svg
Font.style
Sans-serif
Font.classifications
Humanist
Font.releasedate
2015
Font.creator
Aaron Bell
Font.foundry
Microsoft Typography
Font.sample
frameless|class=skin-invert
Font.license
SIL Open Font License

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Segoe UI sample.svg
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Commons category
Segoe UI
inception
2004-00-00
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13 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Licensing dispute
  • Segoe UI
  • Characteristics
  • Variations
  • Availability
  • Other Segoe fonts
  • Selawik
  • Other related fonts
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References
  • External links

Segoe ( ) is a typeface, or family of fonts, that is best known for its use by Microsoft. The company uses Segoe in its online and printed marketing materials, including recent logos for a number of products. Additionally, the Segoe UI font sub-family is used by numerous Microsoft applications, and may be installed by applications (such as Microsoft Office and Windows Live Messenger). It was adopted as Microsoft's default operating system font, and is also used on Outlook.com, Microsoft's web-based email service. On August 23, 2012, Microsoft unveiled its new corporate logo typeset in Segoe, replacing the logo it had used for the previous 25 years.

The Segoe name is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation, although the typeface was originally developed by Monotype.

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