Calibri
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Calibri is a humanist sans-serif typeface family under the Microsoft ClearType Font Collection.
In Office 2007, it replaced Times New Roman as the default typeface in Microsoft Word and replaced Arial as the default in PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook.
Calibri was designed by Lucas de Groot for Microsoft to take advantage of Microsoft's ClearType rendering technology.
In a survey conducted by researchers at Wichita State University, Calibri was the most popular font for e-mail, instant messaging, and PowerPoint presentations. It also ranked highly for use in website text.[1]
[edit] Characteristics
The subtle rounded stems and corners, which are visible at larger sizes, create a warm and soft character. The typeface includes characters from Latin, Latin extended, Greek, and Cyrillic 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.
[edit] Availability
The typeface is distributed with Windows Vista, Microsoft Office 2007, and Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac.
The typeface – along with Candara, Consolas, Cambria, Constantia, and Corbel – is also distributed with the free Powerpoint 2007 Viewer[2] and the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack.[3]
The retail version of the typeface is sold by Ascender Corporation, as well as by Monotype Imaging in MicroType format as part of the Vista 8 Font Set package.
[edit] Awards
Calibri won the TDC2 2005 award under the Type System category.[4]
