Beyond Calibri (+What is your kind of FLOSS typography?)

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Have been noticing MS inserting itself into our tech news cycle once in a while for the past several years. Most updates are unremarkable but get people going.

This time: Beyond Calibri: Finding Microsoft’s next default font. When MS Office first transitioned to Calibri, it took some getting used to. Anyway, typography enthusiasts :face_with_monocle:, apparently MS wants people to voice their opinions on their five candidates: what say you? Edit Unfortunately, there are no specimens or access to showcase them.

And what is your idea of good FLOSS typography? Be as pedantic as you wish!

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The type sample graphics in that post are horrible, you barely get a sense of the typeface at all.

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They seem more bland than horrible to me.

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Unfortunately, there are no specimens or access to showcase them.

All five families are now available via the cloud across your favorite Microsoft 365 apps and experiences.

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Is this April Fools’ day? The Microsoft page Cloud fonts in Office - Office Support says:

Cloud fonts are only available to Microsoft 365 subscribers.

I have no idea what Microsoft 365 is, but I don’t subscribe to it.

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I have Office 365 through my institute, but haven’t been able to try these new fonts out.

As for FLOSS fonts, there is this https://open-foundry.com/ and this https://scripts.sil.org/OFL

Edit: and this, I guess :crazy_face:

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I meant specific typefaces or fonts (and adjustments).

Since we are talking about Calibri, what do you think is a good substitute for it, Arial, Helvetica, etc.?

For Times New Roman, etc.?

For academic papers, resumes or other reasons?

For print (laser vs ink)?