
Calibri
Sign in to saveCalibri () is a digital sans-serif typeface family in the humanist or modern style. It was designed by Lucas de Groot in 2002–2004 and released to the general public in 2006, with Windows Vista. In Microsoft Office 2007, it replaced Times New Roman as the default font in Word and replaced Arial as the default font in PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook. In Windows 7, it replaced Arial as the default font in WordPad. De Groot described its subtly rounded design as having "a warm and soft character". In January 2024, the font was replaced by Microsoft's new bespoke font, Aptos, as the new default Mic
Key facts
- Typeface.image
- Calibri sample image.png
- Typeface.name
- Calibri
- Typeface.style
- Sans-serif
- Typeface.classifications
- Humanist
- Typeface.creationdate
- 2002–2005
- Typeface.creator
- Lucas de Groot (Standard Latin, Cyrillic, Greek, and Hebrew);Mamoun Sakkal (Arabic);Ruben Tarumianhy (Armenian and Georgian)
- Typeface.foundry
- Microsoft
- Typeface.license
- Proprietary
- Typeface.metrically_compatible_with
- Carlito
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Described at

Calibri font family - Typography | Microsoft Learn
Typographic info for the Calibri font family
learn.microsoft.com →Calibri is an extremely readable sans serif text typeface, with three weights, each with its accompanying italic. The font's letter forms are very traditional, like a serif typeface from centuries past; but it has no serifs, and the rounded ends of its strokes give it a comfortable, friendly feel that works well in long texts. Calibri is a general workhorse of a typeface, usable in almost any situation, from headlines to small text. Calibri was designed by type designer Lucas de Groot in 2004 and published in 2007 as one of the typefaces in the Microsoft ClearType font collection. Like the other ClearType typefaces, Calibri was aimed squarely at making reading long texts easier on a screen, although it also works well in print. Calibri became the default font in Office in 2007. The font's character set covers many languages and several writing systems; it also includes small capital letters, several styles of numerals, and useful characters such a directional arrows. Windows 11 See the Windows 11 page. Windows 10 See the Windows 10 page. Windows 8.1 See the Windows 8.1 page. Windows 8 See the Windows 8 page. Windows 7 See the Windows 7 page. Windows Vista 5.00 Windows Server 2008 5.00 This typeface is also available within Office applications. For more information visit this page. Want to try using Ask Learn to clarify or guide you through this topic? Ask Learn is an AI assistant that can answer questions, clarify concepts, and define terms using trusted Microsoft documentation.
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- Calibri (typeface)
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- Calibri
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Calibri () is a digital sans-serif typeface family in the humanist or modern style. It was designed by Lucas de Groot in 2002–2004 and released to the general public in 2006, with Windows Vista. In Microsoft Office 2007, it replaced Times New Roman as the default font in Word and replaced Arial as the default font in PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook. In Windows 7, it replaced Arial as the default font in WordPad. De Groot described its subtly rounded design as having "a warm and soft character". In January 2024, the font was replaced by Microsoft's new bespoke font, Aptos, as the new default Microsoft Office font, after 17 years.
Calibri is part of the ClearType Font Collection, a suite of fonts from various designers released with Windows Vista. All start with the letter C to reflect that they were designed to work well with Microsoft's ClearType text rendering system, a text rendering engine designed to make text clearer to read on liquid-crystal display monitors. The other fonts in the same group are Cambria, Candara, Consolas, Constantia and Corbel.