Windows Aero

September 18, 2008

Windows Aero is the graphical user interface and the default theme in most editions of Windows Vista.

Its name is a backronym for Authentic, Energetic, Reflective and Open.

Intended to be a cleaner, more powerful, more efficient and more aesthetically pleasing user interface than the previously used theme in Windows XP (Luna), it includes new transparencies, live thumbnails, live icons, animations and eye candy.

Aero also encompasses a set of user interface (UI) design guidelines for software developers.

A big improvement is the new Font.

The Segoe UI typeface is the new default font for Aero with languages that use Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic character sets. The default font size is also increased from 8pt to 9pt to improve readability. In the Segoe UI typeface, the numeral zero (”0″) is narrow, while capital letter “O” is wider, and numeral one (”1″) has a top hook, while capital letter “I” has equal crown and base.

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Marc Liron – Microsoft MVP

Marc Liron

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