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Adadin mutanen da ke amfani da Microsoft Office a duniya yana da ban mamaki, inda suke kawo kudaden shiga na dala biliyan 143 ga Microsoft duk shekara.Yawancin masu amfani ba su taɓa danna menu na rubutu don canza salo zuwa ɗayan zaɓuɓɓuka sama da 700 ba.Sabili da haka, wannan yana nufin cewa yawancin jama'a suna ciyar da lokaci akan Calibri, wanda shine tsohuwar font don Office tun 2007.
A yau, Microsoft yana ci gaba.Kamfanin ya ba da sabbin haruffa biyar daga masu zanen rubutu daban-daban guda biyar don maye gurbin Calibri.Yanzu ana iya amfani da su a cikin Office.A ƙarshen 2022, Microsoft zai zaɓi ɗayan su azaman sabon zaɓi na tsoho.
Calibri [Hoto: Microsoft] "Za mu iya gwada shi, bari mutane su dube su, su yi amfani da su, kuma su ba mu ra'ayi kan hanyar da za mu ci gaba," in ji Si Daniels, babban manajan ayyukan Microsoft Office Design."Ba mu tsammanin Calibri yana da ranar karewa, amma babu font da za a iya amfani da shi har abada."
Lokacin da Calibri ya fara fitowa shekaru 14 da suka gabata, allon mu ya gudana a ƙaramin ƙuduri.Wannan shine lokacin kafin Nunin Retina da 4K Netflix yawo.Wannan yana nufin cewa sanya ƙananan haruffa a bayyane akan allon yana da wahala.
Microsoft ya dade yana magance wannan matsala, kuma ya kirkiro wani tsari mai suna ClearType don taimakawa wajen magance ta.ClearType da aka yi debuted a 1998, kuma bayan shekaru na inganta, ya samu 24 hažžoži.
ClearType ƙwararriyar software ce da aka ƙera don bayyana ma'anar rubutu ta amfani da software ita kaɗai (saboda har yanzu ba a sami babban allo ba tukuna).Don wannan, ta ƙaddamar da dabaru daban-daban, kamar daidaita abubuwan jan, kore, da shuɗi a cikin kowane pixel don bayyana haruffan, da yin amfani da aikin anti-aliasing na musamman (wannan dabara na iya sauƙaƙe jaggedness a cikin zanen kwamfuta). .bakin).Ainihin, ClearType yana ba da damar canza font ɗin don ganin ya fi kyau fiye da yadda yake a zahiri.
Calibri [Hoto: Microsoft] A wannan ma'anar, ClearType ya wuce kawai ingantaccen fasaha na gani.Ya yi tasiri mai yawa akan masu amfani, yana ƙara saurin karatun mutane da kashi 5% a cikin binciken Microsoft na kansa.
Calibri font ne na musamman wanda Microsoft ya ba da izini don cin gajiyar fasalin ClearType, wanda ke nufin cewa an gina glyphs ɗin sa daga karce kuma ana iya amfani da shi tare da tsarin.Calibri font sans serif ne, wanda ke nufin cewa rubutu ne na zamani, kamar Helvetica, ba tare da ƙugiya da gefuna a ƙarshen harafin ba.Sans serifs gabaɗaya ana ɗaukar su masu zaman kansu ne, kamar gurasar abubuwan al'ajabi na gani waɗanda kwakwalwar ku za ta iya mantawa da su, yana mai da hankali kan bayanan da ke cikin rubutu kawai.Don Office (tare da lokuta daban-daban na amfani), Gurasar Mamaki shine ainihin abin da Microsoft ke so.
Calibri shine font mai kyau.Ba ina magana ne game da zama mai sukar bugu ba, amma mai lura da haƙiƙa: Calibri ya yi aiki mafi nauyi akan dukkan haruffa a tarihin ɗan adam, kuma hakika ban taɓa jin wani ya koka ba.Lokacin da na ji tsoron buɗe Excel, ba saboda tsoho font ba ne.Wannan saboda lokacin haraji ne.
Daniels ya ce: "ƙudurin allo ya ƙaru zuwa matakin da ba dole ba.""Saboda haka, an tsara Calibri don samar da fasahar da ba a amfani da ita.Tun daga wannan lokacin, fasahar rubutu tana haɓakawa."
Wata matsala ita ce, a ganin Microsoft, ɗanɗanon Calibri ga Microsoft bai isa ba.
"Yana da kyau a kan karamin allo," in ji Daniels."Da zarar ka fadada shi, (duba) ƙarshen rubutun haruffan ya zama mai zagaye, wanda ke da ban mamaki."
Abin ban mamaki, Luc de Groot, mai zanen Calibri, da farko ya ba Microsoft shawara cewa bai kamata fonts ɗinsa su kasance masu zagaye ba saboda ya yi imanin cewa ClearType ba zai iya ba da cikakkun bayanai masu lanƙwasa daidai ba.Amma Microsoft ya gaya wa de Groot ya kiyaye su saboda ClearType kawai ya ƙirƙiri sabuwar fasaha don sarrafa su yadda ya kamata.
A kowane hali, Daniels da tawagarsa sun ba da izini biyar studios don samar da sababbin sans serif fonts guda biyar, kowannensu an tsara shi don maye gurbin Calibri: Tenorite (wanda Erin McLaughlin da Wei Huang suka rubuta), Bierstadt (wanda Steve Matteson ya rubuta) ), Skeena (wanda John ya rubuta Hudson da Paul Hanslow), Seaford (Tobias Frere-Jones, Nina Stössinger da Fred Shallcrass) da Jun Yi (Aaron Bell) Salute.
A kallo na farko, zan kasance mai gaskiya: ga yawancin mutane, waɗannan fonts ɗin suna kama da juna zuwa babban matsayi.Dukkansu sumul sans ne, kamar Calibri.
“Yawancin kwastomomi, ba sa ma tunanin rubutu ko kallon rubutu kwata-kwata.Sai da suka zuƙowa, za su ga abubuwa daban-daban!”Daniels ya ce."Hakika, game da, da zarar kun yi amfani da su, suna jin dabi'a?Shin wasu abubuwa masu ban mamaki suna tare su?Shin waɗannan lambobin suna jin daidai kuma ana iya karantawa?Ina tsammanin muna tsawaita kewayon karɓuwa zuwa iyaka.Amma suna da Akwai kamanceceniya. ”
Idan kun kara nazarin fonts a hankali, zaku sami bambance-bambance.Tenorite, Bierstadt da Grandview musamman sune wuraren haifuwa na zamani na gargajiya.Wannan yana nufin cewa haruffan suna da ingantattun siffofi na geometric, kuma manufar ita ce a sanya su kamar yadda ba za a iya bambanta su sosai ba.Da'irar Os da Qs iri ɗaya ne, kuma zagayowar Rs da Ps iri ɗaya ne.Manufar waɗannan fonts ita ce ginawa akan ingantaccen tsarin ƙira mai iya sakewa.A wannan yanayin, suna da kyau.
A gefe guda, Skeena da Seaford suna da ƙarin matsayi.Skeena taka kauri don hada asymmetry a haruffa kamar X. Seaford zare jiki ƙaryata da tsananin modernism, ƙara taper zuwa da yawa glyphs.Wannan yana nufin kowane harafi ya ɗan bambanta.Mafi kyawun hali shine Skeena's k, wanda ke da madauki na R's sama.
Kamar yadda Tobias Frere-Jones ya bayyana, burinsa ba shine ya yi rubutun da ba a san su ba.Ya yi imanin cewa kalubalen yana farawa da abin da ba zai yiwu ba."Mun shafe lokaci mai yawa muna tattaunawa game da abin da tsohuwar darajar ta kasance ko zai iya kasancewa, kuma a cikin mahalli da yawa na dogon lokaci, tsohuwar Helvetica da sauran sans serifs ko abubuwan da ke kusa da ƙimar da aka kwatanta da ra'ayin cewa Helvetica ne. tsaka tsaki.Ba shi da launi,” in ji Frere-Jones."Ba mu yarda akwai irin wannan abu ba."
Kar ka.Ga Jones, har ma da rubutun zamani na zamani yana da ma'anarsa.Saboda haka, don Seaford, Frere-Jones ya yarda cewa tawagarsa "sun yi watsi da manufar yin tsaka-tsaki ko abubuwa marasa launi."Maimakon haka, ya ce sun zaɓi yin wani abu "mai dadi" kuma wannan kalmar ta zama tushen aikin..
Seaford [Hoto: Microsoft] Mai dadi font ne mai sauƙin karantawa kuma baya dannawa sosai akan shafin.Wannan ya sa tawagarsa ta kirkiro wasiƙun da ke da bambanci da juna don sauƙaƙan karatu da sauƙin ganewa.A al'adance, Helvetica sanannen rubutu ne, amma an tsara shi don manyan tambura, ba don dogon rubutu ba.Frere-Jones ya ce Calibri ya fi kyau a ƙarami kuma yana iya damfara haruffa da yawa akan shafi ɗaya, amma don karatun dogon lokaci, ba abu ne mai kyau ba.
Don haka, sun ƙirƙiri Seaford don jin kamar Calibri kuma ba su damu da yawan haruffa ba.A cikin shekarun dijital, shafukan bugu ba safai ake ƙuntatawa ba.Don haka, Seaford ya shimfiɗa kowane wasiƙa don mai da hankali ga kwanciyar hankali na karatu.
"Ku yi tunanin shi ba a matsayin "tsoho ba", amma fiye da shawarar mai dafa abinci na kyawawan jita-jita akan wannan menu," in ji Frere-Jones."Yayin da muke kara karantawa akan allon, ina tsammanin matakin ta'aziyya zai zama mafi gaggawa."
Tabbas, ko da yake Frere-Jones ya ba ni damar tallace-tallace mai gamsarwa, yawancin masu amfani da Office ba za su taɓa jin ma'anar bayansa ko wasu haruffa masu gasa ba.Suna iya zaɓar font ɗin kawai daga menu mai saukarwa a cikin aikace-aikacen Office ( yakamata a sauke shi kai tsaye zuwa Office lokacin karanta wannan labarin).Microsoft yana tattara bayanai kaɗan akan amfani da rubutu.Kamfanin ya san sau nawa masu amfani ke zaɓar fonts, amma bai san yadda ake tura su a zahiri cikin takardu da maƙunsar bayanai ba.Don haka, Microsoft zai nemi ra'ayoyin masu amfani a cikin kafofin watsa labarun da binciken ra'ayoyin jama'a.
"Muna son abokan ciniki su ba mu amsa kuma su sanar da mu abin da suke so," in ji Daniels.Wannan ra'ayin ba kawai zai sanar da Microsoft game da shawararsa ta ƙarshe a kan tsoffin rubutun sa na gaba ba;kamfanin yana farin cikin yin gyare-gyare ga waɗannan sabbin fonts kafin yanke shawara na ƙarshe don faranta wa masu sauraron sa rai.Duk kokarin da ake yi na aikin, Microsoft ba ya cikin gaggawa, shi ya sa ba ma son jin karin bayani kafin karshen 2022.
Daniels ya ce: "Za mu yi nazarin daidaita lambobi don su yi aiki da kyau a cikin Excel, kuma za mu samar da PowerPoint tare da font [babban] nuni.""Sa'an nan font ɗin zai zama cikakkiyar gasa kuma za a yi amfani da shi tare da Calibri na ɗan lokaci, don haka muna da kwarin gwiwa sosai kafin mu jujjuya tsoffin rubutun."
Koyaya, komai abin da Microsoft ya zaɓa a ƙarshe, labari mai daɗi shine cewa duk sabbin fonts za su kasance a cikin Office tare da Office Calibri.Lokacin da Microsoft ya zaɓi sabuwar ƙima ta tsoho, zaɓin ba za a iya kauce masa ba.
Mark Wilson babban marubuci ne na "Kamfanin Fast".Ya kasance yana rubutu game da ƙira, fasaha da al'adu kusan shekaru 15.Ayyukansa sun bayyana a Gizmodo, Kotaku, PopMech, PopSci, Esquire, American Photo da Lucky Peach.
Lokacin aikawa: Afrilu-29-2021