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Calibri Light ?
Posted by apankrat in
22 Jan 2011 — 12:36am
22 Jan 2011 — 12:36am
I am looking for a substitute for a lighter weight of Calibri. Any large(r) font families similar to Calibri out there?
This is for the on-screen use. Calibri is used as a body font and there's a couple of lines of text in the page header (set in a larger size) that I need to tie with the body text.
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22 Jan 2011 — 1:42am
I don't think there's a light weight. Lucas de Groot designed Calibri for Microsoft:
http://www.lucasfonts.com/case-studies/calibri-consolas/
22 Jan 2011 — 2:34am
FF Unit Rounded?
22 Jan 2011 — 11:56am
Speak, Foco, Dancer?
22 Jan 2011 — 1:59pm
I believe Lucas designed a Light weight, along with some other variants, as part of the development of Calibri, but these have never been released.
22 Jan 2011 — 7:53pm
Jean Paul and Sebastian, thank you. Strangely enough Calibri looks rather wide in smaller sizes (~12px), so I'm now leaning towards Gotham and alikes.
22 Jan 2011 — 8:31pm
You're welcome! Some I had from here, maybe that helps?
25 Jan 2011 — 5:25pm
Also, try http://www.fontbureau.com/fonts/HermesFB/
25 Jan 2011 — 6:30pm
I think Foco is most suitable.
4 Jun 2012 — 7:04pm
Still looking for Calibri Light? Try the Windows 8 "Release Preview"
Si
4 Jun 2012 — 7:44pm
@Si_Daniels
In my Windows 8 Consumer Preview there doesn't seem to be a Calibri Light.
4 Jun 2012 — 9:49pm
"Consumer Preview" and "Release Preview" are not the same thing.
Si
19 Jun 2012 — 4:08pm
Aller Sans from Dalton Maag is nice substitute for Calibri, albeit with a little bit more character / little less neutrality.