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‘Nina’ is a condensed version of Verdana. The other Pro fonts are Arial Nova, Gill Sans Nova, Rockwell Nova and Verdana Pro. Here’s the full list of Georgia Pro options. It adds 20 new variations / font faces alongside the existing Georgia font which has only four. Here’s just one of the new fonts, Georgia Pro. The ‘Fonts’ chapter already has a comprehensive look at all the new fonts, what they look like and how to install them.

Readers of Windows 10 April 2018 for Microsoft Office users may be getting a little ‘déjà vu’ reading this. Most are ‘new’ to Windows 10 as free fonts but have been sold online for sometime. These fonts are additions to the existing fonts – not replacements. There are a few fonts now for sale, expect more in the future. The main purpose of these fonts is to introduce the sale of fonts via the Microsoft Store. (Thanks to John H, among others, for pointing that out).

Surprisingly this innovation is NOT used in these ‘Pro’ versions of existing fonts. In the past each variation was its own font file. Windows 10 now supports ‘Variable Type’ fonts where a single font file contains many variations like bold, italic, regular, condensed etc. You can install, free, updated alternatives for Windows standard fonts like Arial, Georgia, Gill Sans and Verdana. New and improved ‘Pro’ fonts are a lesser known part of the April 2018 update to Windows 10.