Segoe UI

Segoe UI font.

Segoe UI is a clean sans serif typeface associated with Microsoft interface typography. It is built for clear screen reading, making it useful for previews of app screens, dashboards, labels, and simple document layouts.

About Segoe UI

Segoe UI has an open, neutral look with letterforms that stay readable in short blocks of text. Microsoft describes it as especially clear for information shown on desktop, laptop, tablet, and phone screens, and also suitable for print. Its regular weight works well where the text should feel familiar, practical, and easy to scan rather than decorative.

Use the preview box to test real interface text: menu labels, sidebar items, settings screens, dialog titles, captions, and short paragraphs. Segoe UI is a good reference choice for Windows-style mockups and product documentation because it does not pull attention away from the content. For long editorial reading, compare it with a dedicated text face, and for strong branding work, test whether its system-font character feels too familiar.

Features

• TrueType regular style in normal weight 400
• Clear sans serif design suited to screen text, labels, captions, subtitles, and short passages

Best Uses

• Windows-style UI mockups and app interface previews
• Dashboards, documentation pages, forms, settings panels, and clean readable layouts

License Information

Segoe UI should be used only as permitted by the EULA for the Microsoft product that includes it. The local license note allows display and printing under that product EULA, with embedding limited by the font’s embedding restrictions and temporary printer download only where permitted. Do not treat this font as open source, freely redistributable, or free for commercial use. Confirm rights for embedding, webfont use, app bundling, client delivery, logo work, and redistribution before using it outside normal installed-system use.

Designer and Foundry

Microsoft Corporation is named as the author/foundry for this font file. Microsoft’s typography page also identifies Segoe UI as part of Microsoft’s Segoe family and lists Microsoft copyright information for the family.

Usage Tips

For interface work, start with regular weight for most text and reserve stronger weights for headings or emphasis. Microsoft’s Windows typography guidance recommends keeping UI typography readable, using clear hierarchy, sentence case, and avoiding very small text sizes. If you need the newer Windows 11 system behavior, compare Segoe UI with Segoe UI Variable.

FAQ

Is Segoe UI free for commercial use?

Do not assume that. Use depends on the EULA for the Microsoft product that includes the font, and redistribution or embedding may require separate permission.

Can I use Segoe UI as a webfont?

Only if your rights allow web embedding and serving the font file. Check Microsoft’s licensing terms before uploading or distributing the font.

What is Segoe UI best used for?

It works best for clean screen typography such as app interfaces, labels, captions, menus, dashboards, forms, and documentation.

What file format is included?

The listed variant is SEGOEUI.ttf, a TrueType font file in regular style and weight 400.

Is Segoe UI the same as Segoe UI Variable?

No. Microsoft describes Segoe UI Variable as the newer Windows system font that uses variable font technology. Segoe UI is the classic family used across Windows and Office products.