Core Fonts for the Web

Fonts supplied at one time by Microsoft for canonical web use
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Web core fonts
msttcore
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1996
end time
2002
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Microsoft's Core fonts for the Web
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Core fonts for the Web was a project started by Microsoft in 1996 to create a standard pack of fonts for the World Wide Web. It included the proprietary fonts Andalé Mono, Arial, Arial Black, Comic Sans MS, Courier New, Georgia, Impact, Times New Roman, Trebuchet MS, Verdana and Webdings, all of them in TrueType font format packaged in executable files (".exe") for Microsoft Windows and in BinHexed Stuff-It archives (".sit.hqx") for Macintosh. These packages were published as freeware under a proprietary license imposing some restrictions on distribution. Microsoft terminated the project in 2002, but because of the license terms, the distributed files are still legally available from some third-party websites. Updated versions of the fonts produced since 2002 have not been published as freeware and are usually available only after purchasing a license or as a part of some commercial products.
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Core web fonts
Web core fonts
Core fonts for the web
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Microsoft Core Fonts for the Web
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Core Fonts for the Web
Microsoft TrueType core fonts
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