Steven R. Matteson (born 1965,

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) is an American typeface designer whose work is included in several computer operating systems and embedded in game consoles, cell phones and other electronic devices. He is the designer of the Microsoft font family Segoe included since Windows XP; of the

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font collection used in the

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mobile device platform, and designed the brand and user-interface fonts used in both the original Microsoft Xbox and the Xbox 360.

Biography

Matteson is a 1988 graduate of Rochester Institute of Technology where he studied typography, design and printing. Upon graduation, he spent two years learning font hinting technology while employed at laser-printer manufacturer QMS. In 1990 Matteson began work at

Monotype Corporation Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc., founded as Lanston Monotype Machine Company in 1887 in Philadelphia by Tolbert Lanston, is an American (historically Anglo-American) company that specializes in digital typesetting and typeface design for use with ...

(later Agfa-Monotype) contributing to the creation of the Windows 3.1x core TrueType fonts: Arial, Times New Roman and Courier New. Matteson produced fonts for the Agfa-Monotype library (such as Goudy Ornate and Gill Floriated Capitals) and directed custom-font design for companies including Agilent Technologies,

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and Microsoft. Matteson designed

Andalé Mono Andalé Mono (for technical reasons also Andale Mono) is a monospaced sans-serif typeface designed by Steve Matteson for terminal emulation and software development environments, originally for the Taligent project by Apple Inc. and IBM. Andalé ...

as a mono-spaced command line and coding font for Taligent. The font is now bundled with Mac OS X and was one of the original Core fonts for the Web. Matteson directed custom-type development for Agfa-Monotype until 2003. In 2004 he became a founding partner and Director of Type Design at

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in Elk Grove Village, Illinois. In 2005, Matteson designed the font family Convection for use in the branding and user-interface of Microsoft’s Xbox 360 game console. Matteson also designed the user-interface font used in Microsoft’s Zune music player. In 2007 software maker

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released the open-source Liberation fonts family designed by Matteson. Also in 2007, Matteson designed the

family of fonts included in the

mobile-phone platform supported by the Open Handset Alliance.

Fonts designed by Steve Matteson

Andalé Sans Andalé Sans (usually appearing as Andale Sans) is a proportional sans-serif typeface designed by Steve Matteson to complement its monospaced counterpart, Andalé Mono. Use Andalé Sans was used in the high-end feature phones produced by Sony ...

* Andy Bold * Arimo *Ascender Sans *Ascender Sans Bold *Ascender Serif *Ascender Serif Bold *Ayita *Ayita Bold *Bierstadt *Binner Gothic *Blueprint * Cambria * Cambria Bold *Chicory *Convection * Cousine * Curlz *Dujour *

*Endurance Pro *Endurance Pro Black *Endurance Pro Light *Facade Condensed *Fineprint *Fineprint Swash One *Fineprint Swash Two *Futura Now *Goudy Ornate *Kootenay Pro * Liberation Mono * Liberation Sans *

Liberation Serif Liberation or liberate may refer to: Film and television * Liberation (film series), ''Liberation'' (film series), a 1970–1971 series about the Great Patriotic War * Liberation (The Flash), "Liberation" (''The Flash''), a TV episode * Liberatio ...

*Lindsey Pro *Massif Pro *Mayberry *Miramonte Pro *Miramonte Pro Bold * Noto Sans for Latin * Open Sans * Open Sans Condensed *Open Serif *Othello *Pescadero Pro *Pescadero Pro Bold * Segoe *Sports Three *Sports Two * Tinos *Titanium *Truesdell *Truesdell Ornaments *Twentieth Century Poster Fonts

References

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