Steve Matteson

Steven R. Matteson (b. 1965, Chicago, Illinois) 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 Windows Vista system font family Segoe; [ [http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/columns/executive_tech/article.php/3601421 Designer Says Vista Font is Original ] ] of the Droid font collection used in the Android mobile phone platform [ [http://www.ascendercorp.com/pr/pr2007_11_12.html Ascender creates the new Droid font collection for Open Handset Alliance's Android platform ] ] , and designed the brand and user-interface fonts used in both the original Microsoft Xbox and the Xbox 360. [ [http://www.desktopmag.com.au/news_articles.php?article_id=24&type=Featured%20Articles&period=200704 Desktop - Australian Design, Digital Culture, Melbourne, Australia ] ]

Biography

Matteson is a 1988 graduate of the 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 (later Agfa-Monotype) contributing to the creation of the Windows 3.1x core TrueType fonts: Arial, Times New Roman and Courier New. [ [http://www.myfonts.com/person/matteson/steve/ Steve Matteson : MyFonts ] ]

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 [ [http://www.ascendercorp.com/portfolio_custom.html#Agilent Ascender Portfolio - Custom Fonts ] ] , Symantec and Microsoft. [ [http://www.ascendercorp.com/portfolio_custom.html#MS_Corp Ascender Portfolio - Custom Fonts ] ] Matteson’s mono-spaced font design Andale Mono is 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 Ascender Corporation in Elk Grove Village, Illinois. [ [http://www.ascendercorp.com/stevepage.html Steve Matteson ] ]

In 2005 Matteson designed the font family [http://www.ascendercorp.com/portfolio_custom.html#Xbox360 Convection] for use in the branding and user-interface of Microsoft’s XBox 360 game consol. Matteson also designed the user-interface font used in Microsoft’s Zune music player. [ [http://www.ascendercorp.com/portfolio_custom.html#Zune Ascender Portfolio - Custom Fonts ] ] In 2007 software maker Red Hat released the open—source Liberation fonts family designed by Matteson. [ [https://www.redhat.com/promo/fonts/ redhat.com | ] ] Also in 2007, Matteson designed the Droid family of fonts included in the Android mobile-phone platform supported by the Open Handset Alliance.

Fonts designed by Steve Matteson

*Andale Mono
*Andy Bold
*Ascender Sans
*Ascender Sans Bold
*Ascender Serif
*Ascender Serif Bold
*Ayita
*Ayita Bold
*Binner Gothic
*Blueprint
*Cambria
*Cambria Bold
*Chicory
*Curlz
*Dujour
*Droid
*Endurance Pro
*Endurance Pro Black
*Endurance Pro Light
*Facade Condensed
*Fineprint
*Fineprint Swash One
*Fineprint Swash Two
*Goudy Ornate
*Kootenay Pro
*Liberation Mono
*Liberation Sans
*Liberation Serif
*Lindsey Pro
*Massif Pro
*Mayberry
*Miramonte Pro
*Miramonte Pro Bold
*Othello
*Pescadero Pro
*Pescadero Pro Bold
*Segoe
*Sports Three
*Sports Two
*Titanium
*Truesdell
*Truesdell Ornaments
*Twentieth Century PosterFonts

ee also

*Ascender Corporation
*Droid fonts
*Liberation fonts
*Monotype Corporation
*Segoe UI

External links

*http://www.myfonts.com/person/matteson/steve/
*http://www.identifont.com/show?5LB
*http://www.fontshop.com/fonts/designer/steve_matteson/
*http://www.ascendercorp.com/stevepage.html
*http://typophile.com/node/16223?

References