As part of the current Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 21376, Microsoft is also introducing a new standard font for Windows 10 for the first time with the new “Segoe UI Variable” from its own Segoe UI font family. The font is to be gradually expanded to all visual surfaces in the future.
The current standard is Segoe UI January 2007 replaced Tahoma as the standard font in Windows with the release of Windows Vista.
Segoe UI variable takes over step by step
With the new developer preview for Windows Insider from the Dev Channel, Microsoft is introducing the newly designed Segoe UI Variable font, a further development of the regular Segoe UI, which has an optical axis so that the font can be seamlessly scaled from small to large display sizes . Segoe UI was originally designed only for the font size 9pt and the print area.
Through appropriate optimizations, Segoe UI Variable is said to offer even better readability for smaller and significantly better contours for larger font sizes and has been specially adapted for the display.
< p class = "p text-width">The new font is therefore a candidate for the major design update of Windows 10 as part of the Sun Valley project led by Panos Panay, which will be completed towards the end of the year and will be rolled out for the first time as a Cobalt update with Windows 10 21H2.
Segoe UI variable is already part of the operating system, but is only gradually being introduced in all visual interface areas. This means that not all visual interfaces use the new font yet.
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Microsoft is currently looking for a new standard font for Microsoft Office and the Microsoft 365 subscription model. The new fonts are to be included in the Windows UI library (“WinUI “) As well as the Fluent Design System.
The official release notes of Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 21376 list many other new features, bug fixes and optimizations.
< h2 class = "text-width text-h2" id = "section_insider_preview_build_21376_im_dev_channel"> Insider Preview Build 21376 in the Dev Channel
The current Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 21376 is as usual All participants of the Windows 10 Insider Program are now available for download in the Dev Channel. The Microsoft Flight Hub also lists all Windows 10 development builds that have appeared so far.
Microsoft has summarized further information in its Windows blog.