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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

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To: GraceG

Use Libre Office, it’s better and it’s FREE!
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Only if you like incompatible documents and formatting problems that makes it so you can’t share documents with those who actually use a modern version of office.

Or revert to a Word 2007 compatible format (all the open source crap has problems with anything past that due to not being able to use and parse Microsoft XML properly.

Worst compatibility is LibreOffice’s terrible PowerPoint ‘clone’. Everything broken.


41 posted on 05/06/2021 11:06:56 PM PDT by Starcitizen (So Indian H1B crybaby trash runs Free Republic moderation??? Seems so. )
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To: DoodleBob

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42 posted on 05/06/2021 11:34:05 PM PDT by Bob434
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43 posted on 05/06/2021 11:37:47 PM PDT by Bob434
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44 posted on 05/06/2021 11:41:18 PM PDT by Bob434
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45 posted on 05/06/2021 11:42:27 PM PDT by Bob434
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To: DoodleBob

I like New Times Roman. Could read the letters clearly. Have no idea what I’m using at home but it’s okay for limited writing.

I’ve forgotten how to find my fonts and I don’t care.


46 posted on 05/06/2021 11:50:38 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: DoodleBob

I vote for New Divorce Petition Bold.


47 posted on 05/07/2021 12:23:30 AM PDT by irishjuggler
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To: DoodleBob
For fans of the 60's British series "The Prisoner", how about the default font being Albertus?

That's what it feels like right now in America.

48 posted on 05/07/2021 12:53:16 AM PDT by PallMal
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To: castlebrew

My default is Arial as well. For the new ones I like Seaford the best. There is enough difference between the italics and normal and bold and normal.


49 posted on 05/07/2021 12:59:08 AM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful!)
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To: a fool in paradise

Easy on the eyes...


50 posted on 05/07/2021 1:48:32 AM PDT by Does so (The Media is the enemy of the people...Trial lawyers close behind...)
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To: DoodleBob

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51 posted on 05/07/2021 2:06:33 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: castlebrew

I like Arial


52 posted on 05/07/2021 2:16:38 AM PDT by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them )
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To: DoodleBob
Calibri sucks - I've been changing EVERYTHING back to Arial since 2007.

It's tedious.

53 posted on 05/07/2021 2:51:11 AM PDT by Psalm 73 ("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
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To: reed13k
Arial 12 pt... what it should have always been.

Arial unfortunately is one of the fonts where the "l" and capital "I" are identical.

Any default font needs to add the option of a zero with a slash through it like Consolas. There are too many situation where users need to distinguish between Os and zeros.

I like Calibri. Tahoma is good too.

54 posted on 05/07/2021 4:26:07 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: The people have spoken
Why are all the candidates sans serif? I prefer serif fonts.

Sans serif fonts on a computer screen put less strain on your eyes. Serif fonts are easier to read on paper.

55 posted on 05/07/2021 4:27:35 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: DoodleBob

Perhaps Microsoft could focus on making their products work properly first, and then worry about the default font after that.


56 posted on 05/07/2021 4:30:00 AM PDT by chrisser
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To: DoodleBob
How bout Ubuntu font?


57 posted on 05/07/2021 5:07:23 AM PDT by Pollard
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To: a fool in paradise

Sanscrit?


58 posted on 05/07/2021 5:20:55 AM PDT by epluribus_2 (He, had the best mom - ever.)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

Tahoma


59 posted on 05/07/2021 5:24:28 AM PDT by Pardeeville Liberator
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To: Bob434

At least it isn’t Classy Green Eyed Blonde


60 posted on 05/07/2021 5:52:12 AM 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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