In Windows 10, the Segoe MDL2 Assets font has been added to provide newer iconography.Īn important development in Windows 10 is the Universal Windows Platform (UWP): a converged app platform allowing a developer to create a single app that can run on all Windows devices. In Windows 8 and Windows 8.1, private-use-characters in the Segoe UI Symbol font were used for user interface iconography. Otherwise, user interface fonts for other languages are the same as in Windows 8.1. For optimal readability, the OpenType “palt” feature (proportional alternate widths) should be enabled for text formatted with Yu Gothic.Īnother change pertaining to user interface fonts is that a semilight weight has been added to the Malgun Gothic family. In order to make Yu Gothic UI perform as intended in Windows UI, Yu Gothic UI is adapted from Yu Gothic with certain metric and character width modifications as well as alternate glyphs for Latin characters. In Windows 10, the user interface font family for Japanese has changed to Yu Gothic On Windows Phone 8.1, the popular Yu Gothic font was used for Japanese.
In Windows 8.1, the Meiryo UI font family was used for Japanese text in the Windows user interface. In order to avoid duplication, the following scripts have been removed from Segoe UI Symbol and included in Segoe UI Historic: These are supported using the new Segoe UI Historic font: BrahmiĬertain other historic scripts were supported in earlier versions in the Segoe UI Symbol font. In addition to the scripts supported in earlier Windows releases, Windows 10 adds support for several additional, historic scripts. This section on Windows 10 covers all Windows 10 editions, includingĪll Windows 10 editions support the same set of scripts. The description above of previous releases applies to Windows Client (desktop) and Server editions. Windows 10 converges the Windows platform for use across multiple device categories.