Oct 31, 2011
I was fulfilling my own needs: a simple, legible and economical system font, which looks particularly good on the monitor. We work with tables much more on the monitor than on paper.
What is special about Axel is less its aesthetic refinement for the reader than its usefulness to people who work at monitors every day.
Similar letters and numbers are clearly distinguishable (l, i, I, 1, 7; 0, O; e, c …).
Increased contrast between regular and bold.
Style set linking for Office applications (bold key).
Small caps instead of italics for emphasis.
High legibility on the monitor via “ClearType” support.
Good complement of numbers (superscript, subscript, fractions…).
Real WYSIWYG in Microsoft Excel.
Pleasing look on paper.
