Monday, March 2, 2009

Times New Roman to Calibri Switch

Anyone know why Microsoft switched it's default Font from Times New Roman to Calibri? Today on the Metro I went through an intricate scenario in my head regarding the lobbyists for the Calibri font storming the Microsoft headquarters and having it out with the Times New Roman department.

I haven't done the research on this, would be interested in reading it. Here's a cute post about how to change your font back to TNR if you so wish.

I really have a weird obsession with fonts and typefaces. Maybe I should have been an artist?

5 comments:

Mary Fletcher Jones said...

Yeah, that confused me, too. I am TNR all the way. The "new" MS Word drives me crazy by presuming what I want with these hard-to-change defaults. Grr! If they wanted a sans serif font for the web, why not good ol' Verdana?

Thanks for your post on how to change Calibri to Times New Roman :)

Dmbosstone said...

I actually kind like the new font- I'm a sans serif kind of guy.

I am Meggie Poo. said...

@Mary - you're welcome!

@Dmbosstone - I didn't post my stance on the changed font but I am totally digging Calibri. It's a nice switch.

Anonymous said...

I like Calibri much better than Arial

Paul Woods said...

Hi Meggie,

Thanks for the link love... appreciate it! To be honest Calibri has certainly grown on me!

Paul W - TheNewPaperclip.com