Lucida
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Lucida is an extended family of related typeface
s designed by Charles Bigelow
and Kris Holmes
in 1985.
There are many variants called Lucida, including scripts (Blackletter, Calligraphy, Handwriting), serif
(Fax, Bright), and sans-serif
(Sans, Sans Unicode
, Grande
, Sans Typewriter).
Bigelow & Holmes, together with the (now defunct) TeX
vendor Y&Y, extended the Lucida family with a full set of TeX mathematical symbols, making it one of the few typefaces that provide full-featured text and mathematical typesetting
within TeX.
The font was first used as the text face for Scientific American
magazine, and its letter-spacing was tightened to give it a slightly closer fit for use in two and three column formats.
character set.
.
s, circled Lucida Sans numerals, etc.
In addition to the above fonts, mathematical fonts for Lucida Bright, Lucida Sans, Lucida Sans Mono were also developed, as well as Lucida Math One, Lucida Math Two, Lucida Math Three, which contain only mathematical symbols.
and Andalé Mono
; a variant, Lucida Console (see above), replaced those two fonts on Microsoft Windows
systems.
(as well as Notepad default) typeface in Windows XP
and Windows CE
. Lucida Sans Demibold (Identical outlines to Lucida Grande Bold but with tighter spacing of numerals) is used in Apple Inc.'s Mac OS X
operating system, as well as many programs including Front Row. Lucida is also used in the logo for Air Canada
. A collection of Lucida variants are installed by default with Java. Lucida Calligraphy was used in the logo for Gladden Entertainment.
Typeface
In typography, a typeface is the artistic representation or interpretation of characters; it is the way the type looks. Each type is designed and there are thousands of different typefaces in existence, with new ones being developed constantly....
s designed by Charles Bigelow
Charles Bigelow (type designer)
Charles A. Bigelow is a type historian, professor, and designer. Bigelow grew up in the Detroit suburbs and attended the Cranbrook School in Bloomfield Hills. He received a MacArthur Fellowship in 1982. Along with Kris Holmes, he is the co-creator of Lucida and Wingdings font families...
and Kris Holmes
Kris Holmes
Kris Holmes is a type designer. She is with Charles Bigelow the co-creator of the Lucida font family.She received her B.A. from Harvard University and her MFA from UCLA Film School in Animation...
in 1985.
There are many variants called Lucida, including scripts (Blackletter, Calligraphy, Handwriting), serif
Serif
In typography, serifs are semi-structural details on the ends of some of the strokes that make up letters and symbols. A typeface with serifs is called a serif typeface . A typeface without serifs is called sans serif or sans-serif, from the French sans, meaning “without”...
(Fax, Bright), and sans-serif
Sans-serif
In typography, a sans-serif, sans serif or san serif typeface is one that does not have the small projecting features called "serifs" at the end of strokes. The term comes from the French word sans, meaning "without"....
(Sans, Sans Unicode
Lucida Sans Unicode
In digital typography, Lucida Sans Unicode OpenType font from the design studio of Bigelow & Holmes is designed to support the most commonly used characters defined in version 2.0 of the Unicode standard...
, Grande
Lucida Grande
Lucida Grande is a humanist sans-serif typeface. It is a member of the Lucida family of typefaces designed by Charles Bigelow and Kris Holmes. It has been used throughout Mac OS X user interface since 1999, as well as in Safari for Windows up to the browser's version 3.2.3 released on May 12,...
, Sans Typewriter).
Bigelow & Holmes, together with the (now defunct) TeX
TeX
TeX is a typesetting system designed and mostly written by Donald Knuth and released in 1978. Within the typesetting system, its name is formatted as ....
vendor Y&Y, extended the Lucida family with a full set of TeX mathematical symbols, making it one of the few typefaces that provide full-featured text and mathematical typesetting
Typesetting
Typesetting is the composition of text by means of types.Typesetting requires the prior process of designing a font and storing it in some manner...
within TeX.
Lucida Bright
Based on Lucida Serif, it features more contrasted strokes and serifs.The font was first used as the text face for Scientific American
Scientific American
Scientific American is a popular science magazine. It is notable for its long history of presenting science monthly to an educated but not necessarily scientific public, through its careful attention to the clarity of its text as well as the quality of its specially commissioned color graphics...
magazine, and its letter-spacing was tightened to give it a slightly closer fit for use in two and three column formats.
Lucida Casual
Released in 1994, it is a casual font similar to Lucida Handwriting, but without connecting strokes.Lucida Console
It is a variant of Lucida Sans Typewriter with smaller line spacing, and added WGL4Windows Glyph List 4
Windows Glyph List 4, or more commonly WGL4 for short, also known as the Pan-European character set, is a character repertoire on recent Microsoft operating systems comprising 652 Unicode characters...
character set.
Lucida Fax
Released in 1992, it is a slab serif font family derived from Lucida, designed for telefaxingFax
Fax , sometimes called telecopying, is the telephonic transmission of scanned printed material , normally to a telephone number connected to a printer or other output device...
.
Lucida Icons
It is a family of fonts for ornament and decoration uses. It contains ampersands, interrobangInterrobang
The interrobang, interabang , , is a nonstandard punctuation mark used in various written languages and intended to combine the functions of the question mark and the exclamation mark or exclamation point . The glyph is a superimposition of these two marks...
s, circled Lucida Sans numerals, etc.
Lucida Math
It is a family of fonts for mathematical expressions. Lucida Math Extension contains only mathematical symbols. Lucida Math Italic contains Latin characters from Lucida Serif Italic, but with smaller line spacing, and added Greek letters. Lucida Math contains mathematical symbols, and blackletter (from Lucida Blackletter) and script letters in (from Lucida Calligraphy Italic) Letterlike Symbols region.In addition to the above fonts, mathematical fonts for Lucida Bright, Lucida Sans, Lucida Sans Mono were also developed, as well as Lucida Math One, Lucida Math Two, Lucida Math Three, which contain only mathematical symbols.
Lucida Grande
It is a version of Lucida Sans with expanded character sets. It supports Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Arabic, Hebrew, Thai scripts.Lucida Sans Typewriter
Also called Lucida Typewriter Sans, It is a sans-serif monospaced font family, designed for typewriters. Its styling is reminiscent of Letter GothicLetter Gothic
Letter Gothic is a monospaced sans-serif typeface. It was created between 1956 and 1962 by Roger Roberson for IBM in their Lexington plant. It was initially intended to be used in Selectric electric typewriters. It is readable and is recommended for technical documentation and for sheets including...
and Andalé Mono
Andale Mono
Andalé Mono is a monospaced sans-serif typeface designed by Steve Matteson for terminal emulation and software development environments, originally for the Taligent project by Apple Inc. and IBM...
; a variant, Lucida Console (see above), replaced those two fonts on Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
systems.
Lucida Sans Unicode
Based on Lucida Sans Regular, it added characters in Arrows, Block Elements, Box Drawing, Combining Diacritical Marks, Control Pictures, Currency Symbols, Cyrillic, General Punctuation, Geometric Shapes, Greek and Coptic, Hebrew, IPA Extensions, Latin Extended-A, Latin Extended-B, Letterlike Symbols, Mathematical Operators, Miscellaneous Symbols, Miscellaneous Technical, Spacing Modifier Letters, Superscripts and Subscripts regions.Lucida Serif
It is the original Lucida font designed in 1985, featuring a thickened serif. It was simply called Lucida when it was first released.Lucida Typewriter Serif
Also called Lucida Typewriter, it is a slab serif monospaced version of Lucida Fax, but with wider serifs. The letters are wider than Lucida Sans Typewriter.Usages
Lucida Console is also the Blue Screen of DeathBlue Screen of Death
To forse a BSOD Open regedit.exe,Then search: HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\i8042prt\ParametersThen make a new DWORD called "CrashOnCtrlScroll" And set the value to 1....
(as well as Notepad default) typeface in Windows XP
Windows XP
Windows XP is an operating system produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops and media centers. First released to computer manufacturers on August 24, 2001, it is the second most popular version of Windows, based on installed user base...
and Windows CE
Windows CE
Microsoft Windows CE is an operating system developed by Microsoft for embedded systems. Windows CE is a distinct operating system and kernel, rather than a trimmed-down version of desktop Windows...
. Lucida Sans Demibold (Identical outlines to Lucida Grande Bold but with tighter spacing of numerals) is used in Apple Inc.'s Mac OS X
Mac OS X
Mac OS X is a series of Unix-based operating systems and graphical user interfaces developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. Since 2002, has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems...
operating system, as well as many programs including Front Row. Lucida is also used in the logo for Air Canada
Air Canada
Air Canada is the flag carrier and largest airline of Canada. The airline, founded in 1936, provides scheduled and charter air transport for passengers and cargo to 178 destinations worldwide. It is the world's tenth largest passenger airline by number of destinations, and the airline is a...
. A collection of Lucida variants are installed by default with Java. Lucida Calligraphy was used in the logo for Gladden Entertainment.
External links
- Lucida and TeX (TeX Users Group)
- Lucida Font Family Group - by Kris Holmes, Charles Bigelow (Linotype corporation)
- Notes on Lucida, by Charles BigelowCharles Bigelow (type designer)Charles A. Bigelow is a type historian, professor, and designer. Bigelow grew up in the Detroit suburbs and attended the Cranbrook School in Bloomfield Hills. He received a MacArthur Fellowship in 1982. Along with Kris Holmes, he is the co-creator of Lucida and Wingdings font families...