Talk:Calibri
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If this typeface was not created until 2006 (as indicated) how did it win an award in 2005? 69.197.169.65 03:00, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] One Page?
Should we make one page for all six "Vista C" fonts? That makes more sense to me than having six typography stubs floating around. ModusOperandi 04:59, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Lowercase g?
Whats up in the two example images the lower case "g" characters being different? One is regular and one is italicized...but I can't think of a font that changes its g's so much between regular and italic. --Hergio 17:22, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
- It's not uncommon; it's simply got proper italic forms, rather than the oblique forms you migh be expecting. Look at the "e" and "f" and so on as well as the "a" and "g". Compare serif fonts like ITC Bookman. — Haeleth Talk 14:49, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Re: Lowercase g?
It also changes the "a". Gill Sans changes the "a" when italicized as well.
[edit] First iconic use
My Project:Shark might be the first group to use calibri as its own font, like johnston is to lul.
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[edit] Forced compatibility?
Should we mention the worries over Microsoft essentially making their default documents incomptible with all other word processors since the default font is now a proprietary one? -Fuzzy 20:36, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Excel
The article suggests that Arial has been the default font for Excel, but at least on the Mac version, the default font is Verdana. Theshibboleth 05:04, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Humanist?
Why is this a humanist type face? Should we remove that phrase? --Walter Görlitz 23:05, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
- "Humanist" is an adjective describing typefaces that resemble Humanist. This could be confusing to people who aren't familiar with the jargon and think it has something to do with humanism, though. 194.151.6.70 12:58, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
I think it is an opportunity to learn anohter meaning through contextual use. I vote to keep it as it is extremely common typographic term. CApitol3 13:49, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
- Yes, but as mr. Görlitz has shown, it's quite possible to miss the contextual meaning. If you didn't know Humanist, how are you supposed to know that a "humanist typeface" isn't a typeface designed by humanists? I'm not sure this can really be solved, though. Maybe an article on Humanist that we could link to would help (presently humanist is a disambig page that does explain the typesetting jargon, but only as an item on a list). 194.151.6.70 14:52, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Can I use it without buying Vista?
Can I legally download and use Calibri on my Win2k or WinXP from somewhere, or do I have to actually purchase Vista or Office Vista to legally use the new fonts?--Sonjaaa 15:06, 14 February 2007 (UTC)--Sonjaaa 15:01, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
- The latter. The fonts are copyrighted, so they can only be copied with permission from Microsoft. Unlike the core fonts for the Web, the new Vista fonts are not freely redistributable.
- That said, the fonts are available for download if you know where to look, but it's almost certainly not legal. As long as you don't redistribute them yourself, though, I doubt Microsoft's lawyers will be banging down your door. 194.151.6.70 13:18, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
