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.
Wikipedia:WikiProject Shark/Userbox5
[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)
At first glance, I also thought it had to do with humanism. And the use in a typeface context isn't explained in the link in the article. 74.140.225.97 (talk) 21:18, 13 February 2008 (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)
- I've just installed the MS Office Compatibility Pack for office 2003 (allows opening 2007 docs) and the Font seems to be included there as well. At least I have the font installed now, and I don't think it was installed before (Win XP) --20:22, 6 September 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.177.253.246 (talk)
[edit] Wikipedia
So what font does WP use? I think it's Times New Roman. When's WP gonna switch to Calibri? If we aren't going to, why not? Gatherton 02:21, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
- This is not the appropriate place to ask this question. Try the Village Pump.
- Basically, I think WP will not switch to Calibri for two reasons:
- Times New Roman is a solid baseline font that ensures WP looks professional and consistent across a wide range of systems (all of them have something resembling Times). Calibri is Vista-specific and harder to get consistent (since appropriate replacements will have to be used for non-Vista platforms).
- Calibri is sans serif. 'Nuff said. WP uses a serif font for its main text and sans serif for headers, which is a common approach. Using a sans serif font like Calibri for the main text would be a big change in style. 194.151.6.70 14:51, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
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- Realy? I'm FAIRLY certain that the default skin for wikipedia uses sans-serif fonts for everything... Kmenzel 14:17, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
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- Never mind, you're right. I'm an idiot. 194.151.6.70 08:34, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] Criticism
I can only read about 2 seconds worth of Calibri before my eyes hurt. I have also read that people reading this font get headaches. From what I can see the font is too bold for screen reading and the words and sentences tend to blend together.-ps --203.52.154.133 (talk) 01:23, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
- Find references to back these claims up, and they can be included in the article. TalkIslander 01:43, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
- I've mentioned it here because I think there should be research done on it. As for references I refer to blog comments, http://msmvps.com/blogs/bill/archive/2006/10/05/more-on-Calibri-font-_2E002E00_.aspx and http://lifehacker.com/365828/www.oooninja.com/2008/01/calibri-linux-vista-fonts-download.html I also think the spaces between the words are too small (for example compare Calibri 11pt with Verdana 10pt in Outlook) for me I can see words but it takes a lot longer to comprehend when has been written. I was surprised to find that this font was intended to improve screen readability. I can post screen shots if needed -ps --203.52.154.133 (talk) 01:56, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
