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Times New Roman retired in Office 2007
I don't have any confirmation on this, but fadtastic says that for the first time in history, Times New Roman is not the default font in Microsoft Office, its status having been usurped in Office 2007 by Microsoft's pretty new star Calibri. The venerable and ubiquitous font is still included in the office suite, of course, and the new version of Office is still in beta and things may be reshuffled again in the months before its final release, but it's still a surprising shift for a company as stalwart as Microsoft.[Via kottke.org]
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Subscribe to commentsRobomaniaMay 31st 2006 5:20PM
Yup, this checks out. I'm running Office 2007 and Calibri comes up default.
tismMay 31st 2006 5:29PM
yes, calibri is the defualt, and what a font it is, great improvment on times new roman, things will look good on the eye finally. Curvy is the future!
Mike GMay 31st 2006 5:32PM
Yup same here, Running Office 07 Beta. Calibri is default, though there is a good chance this will be changed in the final version. Times font has become a standard in the industry in letters and documentation. Maybe new office might change that. I have to say, I actualy like the new font.
nemiMay 31st 2006 5:49PM
Generally, the consensus of opinion is that large bodies of text are most easily read using a serif font (such as times new roman) than a sans-serif font (such as Ariel or Calibri). The serifs are more relaxing to look at, where as sans-serif fonts attract more attention to the text and strain the eye as a result.
That is why you find 99% of books in a serif font with only titles and chapter headings in sans-serif.
I am glad a serif font stays the default for LaTeX documents.
greggerMay 31st 2006 6:24PM
If you like serifs, they have a new font for you to use as well. It's called Cambria, and it's *way* prettier than TNR (OMG! IMHO, LOL).
Please refer to this blog post be Jensen Harris to see a treatise on the new fonts:
http://blogs.msdn.com/jensenh/archive/2005/12/07/501009.aspx
And here's the blog that describes some of the research that has gone into the new fonts:
http://blogs.msdn.com/fontblog/
They don't specifically mention Cambria and Calibri, but you can see from Jensen's post that the research from the font team is put into practice.
It's pretty fascinating to me...
TTFN
shihchiunMay 31st 2006 8:20PM
It might be just me, but Calibri looks like crap when you print it out. I still use Times New Roman.
dukeMay 31st 2006 8:56PM
nah. microsoft can't change the way industry works, times new roman will rule for another century.
and i like verdana better.
FabuloJun 2nd 2006 5:25PM
I agee with nemi, this is also what I read. However, I will add that on relatively low res screen, sans-serif font tend to be easier to read. Some really good screen optimized fonts like Verdana beat the hell out anything else.
However, I would imagine that word documents are meant to be printed, and in print, I'm with you, serifs font are alot easier on the eyes. Also, Times New Roman is a reall classic.
Microsoft Research has a lot of investment in typography (a really cool subject to me)
AhmedJun 3rd 2006 10:09AM
Exactly why does this matter so much? This is a minor change, it's not like they took out the Times New Roman font out of the application. Get a life you nerds.