Author's note

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.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
© 2008 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
Font family
Aquarion
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
Microsoft: Candara: 2005
Full font name
Aquarion
Name table version
Version 5.61
Postscript font name
Aquarion
Trademark notice
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
Pattern natureRegular