Georgia (typeface)
Matthew Carter · 1993
Georgia is a 1993 serif typeface designed by Matthew Carter for Microsoft, manually hinted by Thomas Rickner, specifically optimised for legibility on low-resolution screens through features including a large x-height, thicker thin strokes, reduced contrast, thickened serifs, and an unusually bold weight — all shaped by the binary bitmap constraints of mid-1990s screen rendering. Its design draws on 19th-century Scotch Roman models and shares lineage with Carter’s concurrent print typeface Miller.
