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Georgia vs Georgia Pro
The same Matthew Carter letterforms at two very different scales. Georgia is the four-style screen serif Microsoft shipped in 1996, a Scotch Roman-flavored transitional hinted for low-resolution displays. Georgia Pro is the 2011 expansion, built out with Steve Matteson to twenty styles with a condensed width, small caps, and multiple figure sets.
Georgia is a commercial font, so it is shown here in Gelasio, its closest free alternative. All free alternatives to Georgia → Georgia Pro is a commercial font, so it is shown here in Gelasio, its closest free alternative. All free alternatives to Georgia Pro →
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
- Georgia ships as four styles only: regular, italic, bold, and bold italic, which is why its bold was drawn unusually heavy to stay distinct at small screen sizes.
- Georgia Pro spans five weights from Light to Black in two widths, each with a true italic, for twenty styles in total.
- Georgia Pro adds small caps and multiple figure sets, where Georgia offers just its signature old-style, non-aligning numerals.
- Georgia's large x-height, reduced contrast, and thickened serifs were drawn for 1990s screens, and Georgia Pro keeps that construction while extending the family rather than redrawing it.
- Both are commercial: Georgia comes bundled with Windows and macOS but needs a license for web embedding, while Georgia Pro is a paid retail family from Carter & Cone, though Windows 10 and later users can install it free via the Pan-European Supplemental Fonts package.
Georgia
Reach for Georgia when you need a dependable, warm text serif that is already installed on nearly every desktop and you only need regular, italic, and bold.
Georgia Pro
Reach for Georgia Pro when the same voice has to carry a full editorial hierarchy, with light and black display weights, condensed headlines, and small caps, and you can budget for the license.