He wanted to create a typeface which was 'significantly distinguishable from Verdana and MS Sans'. One of Connare's intentions when designing Trebuchet was to instill personality into the letterforms, even at small sizes, while retaining clarity and readability. After all, a lower case e, which at 8pt on the screen can be at most four or five pixels high, can only be drawn in a limited number of ways. Perhaps Connare's greatest achievement with the Trebuchet family is to have created a font that works at heading and display sizes as well as small sizes and low resolutions no mean task given the low resolution of the computer screen, which tends to dilute the characteristics of letterforms, rendering them dull and boring. With Trebuchet, Connare has managed to create a face which has become an instant classic, winning more admirers day after day. Although much of his working life has been spent making existing typeface designs work in new environments and technologies, he is already well known for his Comic Sans, which among other faces of his has received an immediate and warm response from users all over the world. He has spent as many years as anyone solving problems in displaying type on various kinds of screens, from small handheld devices to wide-screen television sets. Vincent Connare is no stranger to designing and working with type in restrictive environments. Its letterforms, loosely based on sans serif typeface designs of the 1920s and 1930s, carry a large x-height and clean lines designed to promote legibility, even at small sizes. Borrowing elements from both the geometric and humanist classifications of sans serif type - Connare acknowledges the influence of designs as diverse as Gill Sans, Erbar, Frutiger, Akzidenz Grotesk and the US Highway signing system - Trebuchet infuses any page with energy and personality. Designed and engineered in 1996 by Microsoft?s Vincent Connare, it has a strong and unmistakable appearance. The Trebuchet typeface family, like Verdana and Georgia, was created for use on the screen.
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