Georgia was designed specifically for the screen, at a time when pixels were visible to the naked eye. Its name reportedly comes from a tabloid headline, "Alien heads found in Georgia".
At a glance
Origin: Microsoft, United States.
Designer: Matthew Carter, with Tom Rickner for the hinting.
Date: Designed in 1993, released in 1996.
Evolution
Distributed free of charge through Microsoft's "Core fonts for the Web" program, it became one of the reference serif typefaces of the web.
Famous examples
For a long time it set the articles of The New York Times website and many blogs and online media.
Current use
Still installed on most computers, it remains a safe choice for long texts on screen.
Alternatives
Charter, Merriweather, Source Serif.
Great typefaces glossary
Akzidenz-Grotesk, Arial, Avenir, Baskerville, Bodoni, Caslon, Circular, Cooper Black, Didot, DIN, FF Meta, Franklin Gothic, Frutiger, Futura, Garamond, Georgia, Gill Sans, Gotham, Graphik, Helvetica, IBM Plex, Inter, Minion, Montserrat, Myriad, Neue Haas Grotesk, Optima, Poppins, Roboto, Sabon, SF Pro, Source Sans, Source Serif, Times New Roman, Univers, Verdana