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Which font to use in the professional world?

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Jest3r

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So now that Word 07 is becoming the norm, is it now acceptable to use the 11-point Calibri in the professional world, or keep using 12-point Times New Roman? For education? Work?

Thoughts?
 
Calibri is acceptable at my company. In that weird greenish color especially. So many email replies in that color...
 
Originally posted by: Jest3r
So now that Word 07 is becoming the norm, is it now acceptable to use the 11-point Calibri in the professional world, or keep using 12-point Times New Roman? For education? Work?

Thoughts?
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Since when Jest3r? 😕
 
Times New Roman, Arial or Calibri.

And Zim, Office 07 is becoming standard as more large companies get upgraded. Our company of about 20k employees is about 85% upgraded right now.
 
I was under the impression that TNR had dropped out of favor, particularly in the publishing industry, more than a decade ago. It is a rather awful font.
 
Originally posted by: zinfamous
I was under the impression that TNR had dropped out of favor, particularly in the publishing industry, more than a decade ago. It is a rather awful font.
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still better than courier new
 
Originally posted by: AreaCode707
Times New Roman, Arial or Calibri.

And Zim, Office 07 is becoming standard as more large companies get upgraded. Our company of about 20k employees is about 85% upgraded right now.
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I'm sure "some" large companies have moved to Office '07, but I doubt that is becoming the standard across the board when you include both major companies and the educational institutions AreaCode707; besides Calirbi [sp?] has a few issues when you use view a document in a pre-'07 version of Office.
 
Originally posted by: Joemonkey
Originally posted by: zinfamous
I was under the impression that TNR had dropped out of favor, particularly in the publishing industry, more than a decade ago. It is a rather awful font.
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still better than courier new
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oh? Courier is much more readable in print. Not sure about New, though. there are quite a few courier styles out there.
 
Originally posted by: Zim Hosein
Originally posted by: AreaCode707
Times New Roman, Arial or Calibri.

And Zim, Office 07 is becoming standard as more large companies get upgraded. Our company of about 20k employees is about 85% upgraded right now.
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I'm sure "some" large companies have moved to Office '07, but I doubt that is becoming the standard across the board when you include both major companies and the educational institutions AreaCode707; besides Calirbi [sp?] has a few issues when you use view a document in a pre-'07 version of Office.
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I advise my users to save their docs in .doc reverse compatible format, for that reason. MS built in the reverse compatibility and the font you choose really doesn't matter much if you don't remember to save as a .doc instead of a .docx anyway.
 
Originally posted by: Zim Hosein
Originally posted by: AreaCode707
Times New Roman, Arial or Calibri.

And Zim, Office 07 is becoming standard as more large companies get upgraded. Our company of about 20k employees is about 85% upgraded right now.
Click to expand...

I'm sure "some" large companies have moved to Office '07, but I doubt that is becoming the standard across the board when you include both major companies and the educational institutions AreaCode707; besides Calirbi [sp?] has a few issues when you use view a document in a pre-'07 version of Office.
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Most educational institutions would have already upgraded. Most educational institutions have campus agreements with MS.
 
I've grown to like Calibri and I think it's one of the most readable fonts out there. Still, when writing professionally, our company stays with Times New Roman... which is what I was taught in my professional writing courses in college as well.
 
Well I just finished a two-page paper in Calibri, and I must admit, it looks... different. I think educationally I'll stick with TNR - looks more professional. I'll start using Calibri for personal things thought like email.
 
Originally posted by: AreaCode707
Originally posted by: Zim Hosein
Originally posted by: AreaCode707
Times New Roman, Arial or Calibri.

And Zim, Office 07 is becoming standard as more large companies get upgraded. Our company of about 20k employees is about 85% upgraded right now.
Click to expand...

I'm sure "some" large companies have moved to Office '07, but I doubt that is becoming the standard across the board when you include both major companies and the educational institutions AreaCode707; besides Calirbi [sp?] has a few issues when you use view a document in a pre-'07 version of Office.
Click to expand...

I advise my users to save their docs in .doc reverse compatible format, for that reason. MS built in the reverse compatibility and the font you choose really doesn't matter much if you don't remember to save as a .doc instead of a .docx anyway.
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docx is retarded
 
I grew up with Microsoft Works, which defaulted to Times New Roman. That's what I prefer.

I'm not a fan of Calibri; I prefer Arial over it. That might be a Pavlovian response though. I hate Office 2007.


 
I like Calibri the best tbh. Times New Roman has too many ostentatious frills of the serif fonts which look ugly in my opinion, and Arial is a bit too harsh compared with the softer more readable Calibri.
 
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