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Georgia is a font designed in 1993 by Matthew Carter for Microsoft. It is designed specifically for clarity on a computer monitor even at small sizes, partially due to a relatively large x-height. It was named after a test tabloid headline about alien heads found in the state of Georgia.

The Georgia typeface is very similar to Times New Roman, though Georgia is noticeably larger than TNR at the same point size. Also, TNR's Characters are a bit more compressed while Georgia's are spaced closer together. When one compensates for the size differences and disregards the differences in compression and spacing, the remaining differences are rather subtle. For most letters it is difficult to discern the difference between Georgia and Times New Roman. For a number of letters, the only difference is that Georgia's serifs are slightly wider and tend to have blunter, flatter ends.

Along with Hoefler Text, it is one of the few fonts in common usage with text figures numerals, which are designed to flow better when inserted into lines of text (see sample at right). Georgia is part of the Web core fonts package and is preinstalled by default on Windows-based computers. It has found popular use as an alternative serifed font to Times New Roman.

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