Microsoft Metro UI

• Metro is a Design language.
• Metro is an internal code name for a typography-based design language created by Microsoft, originally for use in Windows Phone 7.
• This design language is named as Metro because it’s Modern and Clean. It’s Fast and in Motion. It’s about Content and Typography and It’s entirely Authentic.
•  Early uses of the Metro principles, such as the typography, began as early as Microsoft Encarta 95 and MSN 2.0, and later evolved into products such as Windows Media Center and Zune.
• Later the principles of Metro were included in Microsoft’s mobile operating system, Windows Phone, the Xbox 360 dashboard update, and Windows 8.
• A specially-made version of Microsoft’s Segoe font family, Segoe WP, is used as the main font family for all typographical elements. It was confirmed by Microsoft at Computex that Windows 8, the successor to Windows 7, takes inspiration from Metro.
• Microsoft also added the Metro design principles to other products and services, like the Xbox 360 and Windows Live, in order to create a unified and distinctive look across its consumer products and services.