Steven R. Matteson (born 1965) is an American typeface designer whose work is included in several computer operating systems and embedded in game consoles, cell phones and other electronic devices.[1] He is the designer of the Microsoft font family Segoe included since Windows XP;[2] of the Droid font collection used in the Android mobile device platform,[3] and designed the brand and user-interface fonts used in both the original Microsoft Xbox and the Xbox 360.[4]
Biography edit
Matteson is a 1988 graduate of Rochester Institute of Technology where he studied typography, design and printing. Upon graduation, he spent two years learning font hinting technology while employed at laser-printer manufacturer QMS.
In 1990 Matteson began work at Monotype Corporation (later Agfa-Monotype) contributing to the creation of the Windows 3.1x core TrueType fonts: Arial, Times New Roman and Courier New.[5]
Matteson produced fonts for the Agfa-Monotype library (such as Goudy Ornate and Gill Floriated Capitals) and directed custom-font design for companies including Agilent Technologies,[6] Symantec and Microsoft.[7] Matteson designed Andalé Mono as a mono-spaced command line and coding font for Taligent. The font is now bundled with Mac OS X and was one of the original Core fonts for the Web.
Matteson directed custom-type development for Agfa-Monotype until 2003. In 2004 he became a founding partner and Director of Type Design at Ascender Corporation in Elk Grove Village, Illinois.[8]
In 2005, Matteson designed the font family Convection for use in the branding and user-interface of Microsoft’s Xbox 360 game console. Matteson also designed the user-interface font used in Microsoft’s Zune music player.[9] In 2007 software maker Red Hat released the open-source Liberation fonts family designed by Matteson. Also in 2007, Matteson designed the Droid family of fonts included in the Android mobile-phone platform supported by the Open Handset Alliance.
Fonts designed by Steve Matteson edit
- Andalé Mono
- Andalé Sans
- Andy Bold
- Aptos (Bierstadt as Office cloud font)[10][11]
- Arimo
- Ascender Sans
- Ascender Sans Bold
- Ascender Serif
- Ascender Serif Bold
- Ayita
- Ayita Bold
- Binner Gothic
- Blueprint
- Cambria
- Cambria Bold
- Chicory
- Convection
- Cousine
- Curlz
- Dujour
- Droid
- Endurance Pro
- Endurance Pro Black
- Endurance Pro Light
- Facade Condensed
- Fineprint
- Fineprint Swash One
- Fineprint Swash Two
- Futura Now
- Goudy Ornate
- Kootenay Pro
- Liberation Mono
- Liberation Sans
- Liberation Serif
- Lindsey Pro
- Massif Pro
- Mayberry
- Miramonte Pro
- Miramonte Pro Bold
- Noto Sans for Latin[12]
- Open Sans
- Open Sans Condensed
- Open Serif
- Othello
- Pescadero Pro
- Pescadero Pro Bold
- Segoe
- Sports Three
- Sports Two
- Tinos
- Titanium
- Truesdell
- Truesdell Ornaments
- Twentieth Century Poster Fonts
References edit
- ^ "Steve Matteson interview". MyFonts. Archived from the original on March 30, 2016. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
- ^ Livingston, Brian (April 25, 2006). "Designer Says Vista Font is Original". Archived from the original on March 2, 2007.
- ^ "Font & Technology Specialists | Monotype". www.monotype.com. Archived from the original on April 29, 2021. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
- ^ Desktop - Australian Design, Digital Culture, Melbourne, Australia
- ^ "Steve Matteson : MyFonts". Archived from the original on February 19, 2008. Retrieved February 11, 2008.
- ^ "Font & Technology Specialists | Monotype". www.monotype.com. Archived from the original on April 29, 2021. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
- ^ "Font & Technology Specialists | Monotype". www.monotype.com. Archived from the original on April 29, 2021. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
- ^ "Font & Technology Specialists | Monotype". www.monotype.com. Archived from the original on April 29, 2021. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
- ^ "Font & Technology Specialists | Monotype". www.monotype.com. Archived from the original on April 29, 2021. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
- ^ "Beyond Calibri: Finding Microsoft's next default font - Microsoft 365 Blog". Microsoft. April 28, 2021. Archived from the original on April 28, 2021. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
- ^ "A change of typeface: Microsoft's new default font has arrived". Medium. July 13, 2023. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
- ^ "Noto FAQ". Google Noto Fonts. Archived from the original on September 18, 2019. Retrieved September 29, 2019.