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Microsoft is Removing 'Calibri' as Default and Wants Your Help to Choose Next Text Font
News 18 ^ | April 30, 2021 | Buzz Staff

Posted on 05/06/2021 9:08:38 PM PDT by DoodleBob

Goodbye, Calibri. It’s 2021 and it may not be the year for Times New Roman to make a comeback or Comic Sans to takeover, but the default font for Microsoft is definitely changing. Late on Wednesday, Microsoft announced that Calibri, which has been the default font for all things Microsoft since 2007, when it stepped in to replace Times New Roman across Microsoft Office is being removed. “It has served us all well, but we believe it’s time to evolve," wrote Microsoft on its blog. “To help us set a new direction, we’ve commissioned five original, custom fonts to eventually replace Calibri as the default. We’re excited to share these brand-new fonts with you and would love your input," they added.

Calibri, which has dominated the default font for almost 15 years, is finally retiring now and it’s the replacement: The five new sans-serif fonts feature a variety of styles, including traditional, modern, and even one inspired by German road and railway signs. Microsoft is starting to gather feedback on these five new fonts on its social media and it plans to set one as the new Office default font in 2022.

Microsoft asked for popular opinion on Twitter. We need to talk. What should our next default font be? pic.twitter.com/fV9thfdAr4— Microsoft (@Microsoft) April 28, 202

(Excerpt) Read more at news18.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Computers/Internet; Society
KEYWORDS: claibri; fonts; microsoft
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They all suck.


1 posted on 05/06/2021 9:08:38 PM PDT by DoodleBob
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To: DoodleBob

Comic Sans


2 posted on 05/06/2021 9:09:55 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. L)
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To: DoodleBob

Was Calibri accused of racism?

I tend to favour Lucida Console.


3 posted on 05/06/2021 9:10:59 PM PDT by Jonty30 (Just because I coughed on you does not mean that I have covid. It means that we have covid. )
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To: DoodleBob

Arial


4 posted on 05/06/2021 9:11:02 PM PDT by castlebrew (Gun Control means hitting where you're aiming!))
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To: DoodleBob

skeena and tenorite look good

bierstadt looks like thicker tenorite


5 posted on 05/06/2021 9:13:58 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: DoodleBob

That is lame.

1) I like Calibri and Cambira for sarifs. They are my defaults.

2) Why delete a font? Is there not enough RAM or something?

Oh never mind. They delete a font because, well because we can delete anything we want like the Taliban deletes 1000 year old Buddhist statues. Now get your vaccine!


6 posted on 05/06/2021 9:15:14 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: DoodleBob

Arial 12 pt... what it should have always been.


7 posted on 05/06/2021 9:15:49 PM PDT by reed13k (For evil to triumph it is only necessary that good men do nothing)
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To: DoodleBob

Why are all the candidates sans serif? I prefer serif fonts.


8 posted on 05/06/2021 9:17:41 PM PDT by The people have spoken (Proud member of Hillary's basket of deplorables)
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To: monkeyshine
[2) Why delete a font?]

Obviously, to reduce the Global Font Carbon Footprint.

Duh.

We haz less than 9 years before planet Earth goes BOOM! from Global Warming.


9 posted on 05/06/2021 9:20:12 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: DoodleBob

Verdana


10 posted on 05/06/2021 9:20:31 PM PDT by Whatever Works
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To: wastedyears; Salamander
Metallica


11 posted on 05/06/2021 9:21:15 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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Many core, very basic features that used to work in Office on the Mac are broken now. They crippled VBA. The whole Office suite is larded down with useless crap. They force you to pay an annual license fee now and the apps check in with the mothership regularly, delaying program launch.

And they want to spend money playing with FONTS? Is this a rewind to the 1984 wonders of WYSIWYG?

Idiots.


12 posted on 05/06/2021 9:26:21 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“No man’s life, liberty or property are safe while the Legislature is in session" - Gideon J. Tucker)
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To: DoodleBob

13 posted on 05/06/2021 9:27:10 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: DoodleBob

I usually default to Tahoma. Looks clean and gets the job done.


14 posted on 05/06/2021 9:27:59 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: BenLurkin

The Gilligan’s Island font seems like a good one.


15 posted on 05/06/2021 9:29:02 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: SaveFerris

Chinese Menu font is it.


16 posted on 05/06/2021 9:30:38 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (Where words can mean anything they can also mean nothing.)
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To: a fool in paradise
The Origin of Comic Sans: Why Do So Many People Hate It?
17 posted on 05/06/2021 9:33:57 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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To: DoodleBob

Hate coloring

Arial


18 posted on 05/06/2021 9:36:24 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: DoodleBob

Did a hypersensitive get triggered or something? All the crap going on and they’re so in the weeds even fonts can get canceled? Damn!


19 posted on 05/06/2021 9:39:44 PM PDT by bluejean (Living one day at a time in the national psych ward.)
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To: DoodleBob

Given the context of our current state of affairs, this is nothing more than distraction. Worthless, useless, gobbeldegook in a sea of gobbeldegook.


20 posted on 05/06/2021 9:40:21 PM PDT by softengine
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