Editing Verdana (section)

==Distinctive visual identifiable characteristics==
[[File:Tahoma vs. Verdana font comparison.png|thumb|upright=1.4|A comparison of [[Tahoma (typeface)|Tahoma]] and Verdana]]
Some characteristics of the typeface are as follows:
{| class="wikitable"
! Letter
! Characteristic
|-
| style="font-family: 'Verdana', sans-serif" | i
| square dot
|-
| style="font-family: 'Verdana', sans-serif" | j
| serif protruding left
|-
| style="font-family: 'Verdana', sans-serif" | a
| double story
|-
| style="font-family: 'Verdana', sans-serif" | Q
| tail is centered
|-
| style="font-family: 'Verdana', sans-serif" | J
| serif protruding left
|-
| style="font-family: 'Verdana', sans-serif" | I
| two serifs on the top and bottom
|}

As an example of the approach of making similar characters easily distinguishable, the digit '''<span style='font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif'>1</span>''' (one) in Verdana was given a horizontal base and a hook in the upper left to distinguish it from lowercase '''<span style='font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif'>l</span>''' (L) and uppercase '''<span style='font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif'>I</span>''' (i). This is similar to the digit "1" found in [[Morris Fuller Benton]]'s sans-serif typefaces [[News Gothic]] and [[Franklin Gothic]].