Calibri
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| Category | Sans-serif |
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| Classification | Humanist |
| Designer(s) | Lucas de Groot |
| Foundry | Microsoft |
| Date created | 2005 |
| Date released | 2005 |
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Calibri is a humanist sans-serif typeface family under the Microsoft ClearType Font Collection. In Microsoft Office 2007, it replaced Times New Roman as the default typeface in Word[1] and replaced Arial as the default in PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, and WordPad. It continued to be the default typeface in Microsoft Office 2010 applications.
Calibri was designed by Lucas de Groot for Microsoft to take advantage of Microsoft's ClearType rendering technology.[2]
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[edit] Characteristics
The font features subtly rounded stems and corners that are visible at larger sizes. The typeface includes characters from Latin, Latin extended, Greek, Cyrillic and Thai scripts. OpenType features include small caps, subscripts and superscripts, and extra ligatures.
As with other Sans Serif ClearType Collection fonts, it includes unique italic type features, which are common in modern typefaces.
[edit] Availability
The typeface is distributed with Windows Vista, Windows 7, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac and Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac
The typeface is available in Google Docs as of September 2010. [3]
This typeface, along with Cambria, Candara, Consolas, Constantia, and Corbel, is also distributed with the free Powerpoint 2007 Viewer,[4] the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack,[5] and the Open XML File Format Converter for Mac.[6]
The typeface is licensed by Ascender Corporation for use by end users, consumer electronics device manufacturers and other users. The typeface is also licensed by Monotype Imaging to printer manufacturers as part of the Vista 8 Font Set package.
[edit] Awards
Calibri won the TDC2 2005 award under the Type System category.[7]
[edit] References
- ^ "Microsoft typography: Calibri". Microsoft. http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fonts/family.aspx?FID=287. Retrieved 10 Dec 2011.
- ^ "Case Study: Calibri and Consolas". LucasFonts. http://www.lucasfonts.com/case-studies/calibri-consolas/. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
- ^ http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/more-fontastic-google-docs.html
- ^ Microsoft Powerpoint 2007 Viewer
- ^ Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack
- ^ Open XML File Format Converter for Mac
- ^ TDC2 2005: Winning Entries
[edit] External links
- Van Wagener, Anne (2005-03-04). "The Next Big Thing in Online Type". Poynter Online. http://poynter.org/column.asp?id=47&aid=78683. Retrieved 2006-06-05.
