Maybe you’ve grown fond of Calibri over the last 14 years, and you’re dreading the moment your cursor leaves a trail of slightly unusual characters in its wake. Before that, Times New Roman was the norm, and teachers were known to knock a few points off a research paper if you had the audacity to change it. Like Calibri, they’re all sans serif.Īs Millennials (and older generations) no doubt remember, this isn’t the first font overhaul for the tech giant Calibri only arrived on the scene in 2007. The company is currently asking people to help select its successor from a collection of five specially commissioned new fonts: Bierstadt, Grandview, Seaford, Skeena, and Tenorite.
In late April, Microsoft announced that Calibri will no longer be the default font for Microsoft Office sometime in the near future.
