Why Should we Use Typeface Georgia for Formal Writing?
1) Times New Roman, Times doesn’t read well on-screen and lacks typographic subtleties such as non-lining numbers.
2) Because it’s available on virtually all computers and designed to be readable on on-screen, try Georgia instead.
Usage Survey
99.40% of Windows have Georgia installed
97.48% of Mac have Georgia installed
69.67% of Linux have Georgia installed (if this doesnt seem good, see the results for other fonts, Times New Roman is found 69.92% which is also not considerably higher given the lower readability of Times New Roman)
3) Georgia has the flow of serif fonts and hence it is good for printed medium and also it is very good for onscreen reading (the yearning for onscreen clarity was the mother of its invention).
4) At the same point size, Georgia appears larger than Times New Roman, so you’ll want to set the font size a point or two smaller. Just don’t go below 9 points.
For those of you who think it is for Oldies
It was Designed in 1993 By Matthew Carter.
May 26, 2011 Matthew Carter(designer Of Georgia Typeface) received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in part for design of Georgia font.
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