[ Thanks to ll for this
link. ]
“The story of how Microsoft used its monopoly in operating
systems to acquire a dominant position in office applications and
browsers has often been told. But there’s another Microsoft
monopoly that’s rarely mentioned, even though most of us see it
every day.“Microsoft’s fonts are used to display most Web pages on the
planet. Even Linux and Mac users, who often have fled Windows to
avoid dependence on Microsoft, read most of their content using
Microsoft fonts…”