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Subject:Re: new MS fonts From:William Gaffga <WilG -at- GibbsCAM -dot- com> To:Techwriter List <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Mon, 11 Jun 2007 15:19:55 -0700
Actually, they work perfectly well on Macs, except for some non-
standard glyphs in the italic versions on a few of the fonts. What
comes to mind is the hyphen - it shows as an ampersand. SegoeUI (the
new default interface font) also works well.
HTH
Will
On Jun 11, 2007, at 1:46 PM, quills -at- airmail -dot- net wrote:
> At 4:12 PM -0400 6/11/07, Wilhelm, Joel wrote:
>> Has anyone seen a way to download the new MS fonts (Calibri, Candara,
>> etc) for Office 2004 on a Mac?
>> Thanks,
>> Joel
>
>
> My mistake. These are in Microsofts FUD attempt at typography, Clear
> Type. It isn't compatible with Open Type or True Type. These are no
> gos.
>
> Scott
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