Aquarion by Gary Munch of Microsoft Corporation is a free humanist sans serif with tall, open letters and softly changing stroke widths. Its narrow curves and gently uneven shapes give the alphabet an informal, drawn quality.
Simple line illustrations share the lettering's light contours, making it a useful match for museum posters, children's publishing, and cultural event graphics. In editorial design, it can lend feature titles and cover lines a personable voice that suits stories about art, education, or community life.
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Mara Agustina Garca Nouzeret
All rights are reserved for personal use. For professional use, please contact the author.
Candara is either a registered trademark or a trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
Manufacturer name
Microsoft Corporation
Designer
Gary Munch
Description
Candara is a casual humanist sans with verticals showing a graceful entasis on stems, high-branching arcades in the lowercase, large apertures in all open forms, and unique ogee curves on diagonals. The resultant texture is lively but not intrusive, and makes for a friendly and readable text.
Extended font information
Platforms supported
PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 2.0 and onwards semantics, Unicode BMP only.
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only
Font details
Created2011-10-02
Revision5
Glyph count1181
Units per Em2048
Embedding rightsEmbedding for editing allowed
Family classSans serif
WeightMedium (normal)
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals