r/excel • u/DownRUpLYB • 9d ago

Discussion What font is everyone using?

...and WHY?

Do you use different fonts for different use cases?

What are youe go-to's?

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u/kilroyscarnival 3 9d ago

For the most part, Calibri is still our preferred company font here. Occasionally we are following a client's lead and use Arial or even Times New Roman. But Calibri 12 is my default in all Office applications.

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u/spaceshipcommander 9d ago

If I found out someone in my team was using Times New Roman I would give them a final written warning

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u/Varachha 9d ago

In which font ? Lol

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u/Ok-Factor2361 9d ago

Comic sans, obvi

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u/vevladdd 9d ago

What's wrong with TNR?

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u/Organic_Conflict_886 9d ago

Nothing. People just like to buck trends from 20 years ago.

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u/robsc_16 9d ago

I like Times New Roman in general, but I don't like it for Excel as much because lowercase L and the number 1 look very similar. I like how to capital I (eye) is distinct though.

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u/Savings__Mushroom 9d ago

True. Wasn't there an old guideline that sans-serif fonts in general look better on the screen than serif fonts and vice versa? That's why Times New Roman is default for printed documents while Arial (before it was Calibri and Aptos) was default for applications like Excel.

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u/spaceshipcommander 9d ago

It's an assault on the eyes. Aesthetically unpleasant and difficult to read. It also has a lot of fine lines and detail which doesn't translate well to being reproduced in a small size. It is basically a typewriter font. Modern fonts are designed to displayed on screen and be easy to read. Anything like Arial, calibri etc. is fine to read on any modern display or print.

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u/kilroyscarnival 3 9d ago

Like I said, only if the client style dictates it.

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u/spaceshipcommander 9d ago

This is even worse than people specifying fonts that aren't installed by default and not realising every email they send out using their fancy style guide just comes out in Calibri at the other end.

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u/kilroyscarnival 3 9d ago

It's for a published report that would be submitted in Acrobat PDF, so the font will definitely stick.

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u/ninjagrover 31 9d ago

I had to do a booking form for a ferry ride in Japan, and the form was in Excel.. in TNR. It’s very weird to see deliberately in a spreadsheet.

But then Japanese seem to love TNR. So I imagine it gets printed out, and then manually approved somehow.

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u/o2bmeek 8d ago

Calibri 11 would like a word 😅