Talk:Georgia (typeface)

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There is a conflict between the article and it's description on the disambiguation page for "Georgia". It states that the font was developed for Apple but the article says it was developed for Microsoft. I don't know what the truth is, but somebody who knows should change it. NappilainenĜ


 * If you are not sure, use what the article, rather than the disambiguation page notes. -- User:Docu


 * Georgia was developed by Matthew Carter for the Microsoft Web fonts project. -- happysri —Preceding signed but undated comment was added at 03:14, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

Along with Hoefler Text and FF Scala, it is one of the few typefaces in common use with ranging, or “old style," numerals (also called text figures), which are designed to complement lowercase text without disrupting the overall texture the way lining figures do. This can present some difficulties however in displaying numbers in columnar layout, as the figures are not monospaced.

This is a wrong information. There are hundreds of high quality typefaces with old style figures (OSF), actually most text fonts have them. And typefaces like Adobe Garamond and Minion (both with OSF) are much more commonly used than the above mentioned. Also OSF in generals are not causing problems for columnar layouts. This is true for proportional figures, but normal lining figures are proportional too. This is why some fonts have special monospace figures. So there are actually 4 types of figures: proportional (OSF + lining) and monospace (OSF + lining). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.12.243.151 (talk) 13:28, 22 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Agreed, and such info would probably be better placed on the text figures page anyway. But the figure style is a striking difference between Georgia and Times New Roman, so I've put back a single sentence on this in the para comparing them. Qwfp (talk) 17:03, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Georgia vs. Times New Roman
Times New Roman is slightly narrower, with a more vertical axis

This is not true. In fact, Georgia's letters have a vertical axis, whereas the axes of Times New Roman's letters are slightly askew (for example, compare the letters g or o). --SelfishSeahorse (talk) 16:20, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

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Use of Georgia on Wikipedia
It may be worth noting in the article that Georgia is used on Wikipedia for page titles and for headings. For example, a simple inspection with a browser shows the following CSS rule: `.mw-body h1, .mw-body h2 { font-family: "Linux Libertine",Georgia,Times,serif; ... }` JoeyTwiddle (talk) 06:31, 4 November 2016 (UTC)


 * @JoeyTwiddle you are right Vincent-vst (talk) 04:57, 10 October 2022 (UTC)
 * It's only used as a fallback when you don't have Linux Libertine installed, not as a first choice. (Although many important systems come without Linux Libertine preinstalled, so you aren't really wrong in practice.) The article already establishes Georgia's widespread availability and usage (see ). Mentioning that the default skin on Wikipedia, just like a large number of other graphic designs on the Web, uses it too, is not notable at all and seems a bit superfluous to me. – MwGamera (talk) 20:26, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

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