Dirtyhip Posted February 15 Share #1 Posted February 15 I find it rather odd that Times New Roman is not set as the default. Calibri? Really? Maybe I am missing an option, but I can not see how to change the default. The most reasonable and heavily used font is TNR. Fight me! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MoseySusan ★ Posted February 15 Popular Post Share #2 Posted February 15 2 minutes ago, Dirtyhip said: Fight me! And have you shake me down like a vending machine? Ok…TNR. 12. Enough said. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted February 15 Share #3 Posted February 15 15 minutes ago, Dirtyhip said: Maybe I am missing an option, but I can not see how to change the default. Change it! It's easy. Although, I'm not sure TNR is my choice over Arial? I really like Courier for the same spacing, too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted February 15 Share #4 Posted February 15 50 minutes ago, Dirtyhip said: I find it rather odd that Times New Roman is not set as the default. Calibri? Really? Maybe I am missing an option, but I can not see how to change the default. The most reasonable and heavily used font is TNR. Fight me! Times Roman has "feet" on the font style. Look at the base of letters with "legs". ie. A, H, I , t It is based off...from folks....calligraphic style of writing centuries ago. It is derived from the pen nib loaded with ink. Hand lettering or digital fonts with feet --in general, is a little harder to read. Dense text in Times Roman is abit harder to read on small digital devices, vs. fonts with no feet. I'm just expressing this also from a design / subconscious reader perspective for alot of business documents. Calibri is a font style that is abit more round and easier to read. It looks to me, more "modern". Arial to me, in between Times New Roman and Calibri. I do pay attention to font style, when developing master digital manuals, training content, etc. Our stuff is read on the corporate intranet. Generally speaking our group does not use Times New Roman. We do consider outreach and provide central training content across the corporation for a major enterprise-wide application. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted February 15 Share #5 Posted February 15 13 minutes ago, Dirtyhip said: Fight me! NO! The last time I used Word, TNR was the default and I had to keep switching it to my preferred, Arial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted February 15 Author Share #6 Posted February 15 12 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: Change it! Although, I'm not sure TNR is my choice over Arial? I really like Courier for the same spacing, too. AH! Thank you!!!! I didn't know where that option was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted February 15 Author Share #7 Posted February 15 Ariel? I am not a Mermaid fan. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted February 15 Share #8 Posted February 15 1 minute ago, Dirtyhip said: AH! Thank you!!!! I didn't know where that option was. Google did! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted February 15 Author Share #9 Posted February 15 8 minutes ago, shootingstar said: Times Roman has "feet" on the font style. Look at the base of letters with "legs". ie. A, H, I , t It is based off...from folks....calligraphic style of writing centuries ago. It is derived from the pen nib loaded with ink. Hand lettering or digital fonts with feet --in general, is a little harder to read. Dense text in Times Roman is abit harder to read on small digital devices, vs. fonts with no feet. I'm just expressing this also from a design / subconscious reader perspective for alot of business documents. Calibri is a font style that is abit more round and easier to read. It looks to me, more "modern". Arial to me, in between Times New Roman and Calibri. I do pay attention to font style, when developing master digital manuals, training content, etc. Our stuff is read on the corporate intranet. Generally speaking our group does not use Times New Roman. We do consider outreach and provide central training content across the corporation a major enterprise-wide application. My old boss, RIP, used to send out important emails using comic sans. I am not kidding. Like a direct do this, don't do that, but in comic sans. It still cracks me up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted February 15 Author Share #10 Posted February 15 1 minute ago, Razors Edge said: Google did! Sorry I should have UTFG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted February 15 Share #11 Posted February 15 Just now, Dirtyhip said: My old boss, RIP, used to send out important emails using comic sans. I am not kidding. Like a direct do this, don't do that, but in comic sans. It still cracks me up. I sort of like Comic Sans. What's bad about that one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted February 15 Share #12 Posted February 15 1 minute ago, Dirtyhip said: Sorry I should have UTFG You UTFC! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted February 15 Author Share #13 Posted February 15 Comic sans is ridiculous for business correspondence. Is this a business or a pre-school? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted February 15 Share #14 Posted February 15 30 minutes ago, Dirtyhip said: I find it rather odd that Times New Roman is not set as the default. Calibri? Really? I was looking for that yesterday! I screwed the pooch, though, because I was looking for New Times Roman and wondered why it wasn't there. Geez. Calibri is better, though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted February 15 Author Share #15 Posted February 15 2 minutes ago, Randomguy said: Calibri is better, though. You are insane and definitely a monster. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petitepedal ★ Posted February 15 Share #16 Posted February 15 We use Arial a lot...easy for old people to read..I also like Cavolini or Comic Sans for fun notices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead ★ Posted February 15 Share #17 Posted February 15 We have requirements at work to use only ADA compliant fonts. Luckily Arial is money of them. The most accessible fonts are Tahoma, Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, and Times New Roman. These are the ones we can use. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Kosciuszko Posted February 15 Share #18 Posted February 15 My favorite font is the one that's named after me. Wingdings. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikeguy Posted February 16 Share #19 Posted February 16 7 hours ago, Dirtyhip said: Sorry I should have UTFG Or.. Ask MS Word. (works in Excel, PowerPoint too ) At least my version has "Tell me what you want to do" . I just typed in "font settings" and pressed enter, then the dialog box for setting the default font appeared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrAzY Posted February 16 Share #20 Posted February 16 I don't have MS word on my computer. but I do have Inkscape for art programs and my most used font is Jungle. None of this means anything to any of you and now I just wasted your time reading my ramblings! Also today 9 years ago we got our oldest dog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted February 16 Share #21 Posted February 16 4 hours ago, Airehead said: We have requirements at work to use only ADA compliant fonts. Luckily Arial is money of them. The most accessible fonts are Tahoma, Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, and Times New Roman. These are the ones we can use. Tahoma and Verdana are nice too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikeguy Posted February 16 Share #22 Posted February 16 9 minutes ago, KrAzY said: Also today 9 years ago we got our oldest dog What... no pictures? (pictures of a dog does not count for hijacking a thread) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrAzY Posted February 16 Share #23 Posted February 16 2 minutes ago, Bikeguy said: What... no pictures? (pictures of a dog does not count for hijacking a thread) 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted February 16 Share #24 Posted February 16 7 hours ago, Dirtyhip said: I find it rather odd that Times New Roman is not set as the default. Calibri? Really? Maybe I am missing an option, but I can not see how to change the default. The most reasonable and heavily used font is TNR. Fight me! I actually like Calibri, but I don't use MS Office anymore. The freeware WPS Office is virtually identical to the latest MS Office version, creates and reads all doc, docx, xls, xlsx etc. files, etc. There's a Microsoft Page to Change the default font in Word. On WPS Office, there's a "Settings" icon on the Home menu, and clicking on it the "Fonts" calls up a popup window that lets you change default fonts, font size, and more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted February 16 Share #25 Posted February 16 My calligraphy work and tools were destroyed in VAncouver. Anyway fonts, typography arise from....calligraphy. And sorry "feet", are serifs. Crash Course: The evolution of typeface style - 99designs 12 Best Calligraphy Fonts in Microsoft Word (grammarhow.com) Vivaldi is a beautifully ornate font. (like the Italian baroque classical music composer in 17century) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoseySusan ★ Posted February 16 Share #26 Posted February 16 7 hours ago, Dirtyhip said: You are insane and definitely a monster. Isn’t Calibri a Macintosh original font? I need to ask Uncle Google… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoseySusan ★ Posted February 16 Share #27 Posted February 16 3 minutes ago, MoseySusan said: Isn’t Calibri a Macintosh original font? I need to ask Uncle Google… Nope. But my understanding that it was developed for reading on a screen is true. <snip> Calibri was born in 2004, when a fellow typeface designer recruited de Groot to work on a project for “a secret client.” The client wanted a modern font that was optimized for screen reading. De Groot revised a font he’d developed seven years earlier, paying special attention to “the rhythm of the letter widths” and “the speed of the curvature.” The client turned out to be Microsoft, which, to de Groot’s astonishment, chose Calibri as the default font for its Microsoft Office suite. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/07/31/calibris-scandalous-history 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead ★ Posted February 16 Share #28 Posted February 16 9 hours ago, shootingstar said: Tahoma and Verdana are nice too. I do use Verdana sometimes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted February 16 Share #29 Posted February 16 Arial is my go to. I used Arial Narrow for letters. I only use times new roman for variables if I'm writing an equation, and I use italics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted February 16 Share #30 Posted February 16 2 hours ago, bikeman564™ said: Arial is my go to. I used Arial Narrow for letters. I only use times new roman for variables if I'm writing an equation, and I use italics I haven't used Times New Roman in probably the past 15-20 yrs. It's important to have user-friendly/eye-friendly font for manuals, annual reports and info. releases. And especially if there are documents with dense text. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoseySusan ★ Posted February 16 Share #31 Posted February 16 1 minute ago, shootingstar said: It's important to have user-friendly/eye-friendly font for manuals, annual reports and info. releases Our school newspaper used Tahoma for text. I don’t remember our headline and cutline font standard, but neither had serifs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted February 16 Share #32 Posted February 16 Hmm. Tahoma and Verdana do score well for me. Then Comic and TNR with Courier filling a high point in "technical" section - like for showing code clearly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
az_cyclist Posted February 16 Share #33 Posted February 16 I like Arial best, but, dont really care that much what the font is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted February 16 Share #34 Posted February 16 12 hours ago, shootingstar said: Tahoma and Verdana are nice too. I use Tahoma, set to bold, for the comments on my spreadsheet cells: it makes the text easy to read, especially since I set it to size 10 vs size 12 for the spreadsheet so I can see the whole comment in a small popup area. Arial is another good font. Size 8 font vs 10 for the spreadsheet works well for my comments on Google Sheets when displayed on my 17" display laptop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted February 16 Share #35 Posted February 16 1 hour ago, MoseySusan said: Our school newspaper used Tahoma for text. I don’t remember our headline and cutline font standard, but neither had serifs. I honestly think there is a huge block of people who don't have patience to read beyond 3-5 pages of full text. If one remembers people are scrolling linearally, unless there are handy online clickable tables of contents links, etc. On the job, I find dealing with 50-200 pg. digital documents, if there aren't links, it's a pain. Paper world, allows a person to skip in any way, according to how the person thinks/solves problems by going to middle / any page of a lengthy document. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted February 16 Author Share #36 Posted February 16 I mistakenly thought that TNR was universally loved. I was wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted February 17 Share #37 Posted February 17 Calibri is the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted February 17 Share #38 Posted February 17 On 2/15/2023 at 2:29 PM, Dirtyhip said: Sorry I should have UTFG Sometimes it is more fun to UTFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted February 17 Share #39 Posted February 17 6 hours ago, Dirtyhip said: I mistakenly thought that TNR was universally loved. I was wrong. The makers of Calibri have obviously bribed MS recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted February 17 Share #40 Posted February 17 Given half a chance, owl tell my story aboot starting word processing with Professional Write to avoid all the excess features of Word Perfect which was then the standard. It was a beeyootiful program, just the basics, with no excess gingerbread to trip you up and complicate things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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