Georgia is a serif typeface designed in 1993 by Matthew Carter and hinted by Thomas Rickner for Microsoft.

Speaking in 2013 about the development of Georgia and Miller, Carter said: "I was familiar with Scotch Romans, puzzled by the fact that they were once so popular... and then they disappeared completely.

[5] It features a large x-height (tall lower-case letters), and its thin strokes are thicker than would be common on a typeface designed for display use or the greater sharpness possible in print.

[18] The extension of the original font, named Georgia Pro, features a set of additional typefaces and designs, including: The expanded font was designed for organisations that had made extensive use of Georgia and Verdana because of their availability but that desired additional versions for specific uses.

However, users of Windows 10 or above can download Georgia Pro for free either from Microsoft Store[19] or by enabling an optional feature called "Pan-European Supplemental Fonts".

MS Reference Serif, a derivative of Georgia Ref with a bold weight and italic, was also included in Microsoft Encarta.

However, Microsoft's font manager Bill Hill wrote, "I for one never felt totally comfortable with it as a book face.