Calibri

Default Office typeface

Calibri is a sans-serif typeface designed for Microsoft and introduced with Windows Vista and Office 2007.

It replaced Times New Roman as the default font in Microsoft Word, making it ubiquitous in documents, emails, and presentations.

The font gained unexpected notoriety in 2017 when its release date helped expose forged documents in a Pakistani political scandal.

font

Arial

Sans-serif screen typeface

Georgia · Futura

typography

typeface

Lettering style design

  • kerningLetter-pair spacing adjustment
  • spacingInterval arrangement between objects
  • letterformA character's visual structure

x-height · baseline · tracking · leading · glyph · character · ascender · descender · hinting · ClearType

Microsoft

Office

Role of authority

  • ExcelMicrosoft's data-crunching application
  • PowerPointMicrosoft's presentation application
  • OutlookMicrosoft email application

Windows · Vista · default · bundled · Microsoft 365 · SharePoint · OneNote

professional

document

Written or electronic file

spreadsheet · letterhead · memorandum · proposal · invoice · business · corporate · correspondence · email · agenda

non-Latin

Arabic

Semitic language family member

script · localization · diacritics · internationalization

Categories
Opposites
serif classification

CalibriTimes New Roman

Traditional serif typeface

Georgia · Baskerville · serif fonts · Cambria · Palatino

typographic tradition

CalibriOld English

Germanic language of early Britain

Gothic script · Trajan · Jenson

aesthetic character

CalibriComic Sans

Informal rounded Microsoft typeface

Papyrus · script fonts · Futura · Helvetica

Phrases
Family

caliber

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Rated G