Journey through the design process for our new default fontBy Si DanielsRead the full article on our new website.“Reading is a magical technology, the closest humans have come so far to inventing telepathy,” wrote the late great Bill Hill. He was one of the inventors of Microsoft’s ClearTypefont display technology and the former Director of Microsoft...

A look at how we designed a new dimension of expressionBy Tracy JonesRead the full article on our new website.Why are emoji significant? They’re symbols of the future that rhyme with the past. Human communication started with cave paintings, followed by the printing press, telephone, radio, TV, and the internet. But in an ever more interconnected world...

The unique ethos that sparked Surface’s pioneering 2-in-1 design, from the seminal Surface Pro to the new Surface Laptop Studio 2By Ohemaa Dixon and Rachel RomanoRead the full article on our new website.In 2012, a laptop was a laptop, and a tablet was a tablet. The form factors for both were fairly hard-coded and those wanting to innovate or enter the...

Microsoft’s Leitin Pedro shares his journey of going from graphic design to 3D illustration.Read the full article on our new website.With the emergence of AI, 3D content creation, and virtual reality, the magic of 3D is no longer limited to video games and blockbuster movies. Prior to becoming a 3D Visual Designer, Leitin Pedro was inspired by 3D’s...

How a design director’s experience with synesthesia influenced her learning in designBy Annice JumaniAll illustrations by Horacio GutierrezI’m seven-years old, sitting on the playground at elementary school, surrounded by my pint-sized peers from class. With the school’s spelling bee rapidly approaching, we’ve taken it upon ourselves to do some prep...

Meet Jason Custer, an icon designer on the Fluent Design System teamBy Angela N. BradleyJason Custer has been “drawing for money”, as he calls it, on the Fluent Design team since 2016. As a designer on the team, he ultimately has touched everything Fluent Design from icons to mobile development, however most often his work has centered around personal...