As you might imagine, I’ve been spending a lot of time working with Microsoft Office 2007 lately. I really love the new interface and I’m a huge fan of the new font “Calibri“. I noticed, however, that the default document now uses “Calibri Body 11pt” rather than “Times New Roman 12pt”. I was curious why the font size shrank, so I wrote up a sample document to compare the two. Here it is.
As you can see, Calibri 11pt is a bit smaller than Times 12pt, but it feels just as readable. I think it’s the difference between a serif and sans serif font. Anyhoo… I just found this comparison interesting and thought I’d share my findings with the world.
