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Article #1015Re: Calibri
From: Brent_Coker
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 21:42
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 21:42
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I put font in quotation marks because I am amongst those who make a distinction between a "font", and a "typeface". Though, clearly this is an area in which you know more about than me. As such, I am comfortable with accepting Calibri, as you seem to have done, as the new star font, rubbing shoulders with some of the old-schoolers such as Arial and TNR. This does not, however, change my personal preference of Calibri over TNR. We each differ in our subjective evaluation of fonts. What I am interested in though is the proportion of people who are members of the "serif-as-a-default font" camp, and those who have converted to the "sans-serif-as-a-default font" camp. That's all. Perhaps I am old fashioned. But I CRINGE when I receive a letter, or other document, that has used a sans-serif type font in the body text; even if the rest of the document has been set out seemingly well. Specifying Calibri as the default appears to provide the ammunition to provoke this distasteful trend. Brent.
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