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Microsoft Windows Vista and Microsoft Office 2007 come preloaded with a new set of cleartype fonts – Constantia, Corbel, Calibri, Cambria, Candara, Consolas. However, these fonts are not available for download at the Microsoft site. I viewed these beautiful fonts in a friend’s computer with Windows Vista, and wanted to know how to get them…

View Microsoft ClearType Fonts

I visited the Microsoft ClearType Font Collection, where sample layouts for each font (Constantia, Corbel, Calibri, Cambria, Candara, Consolas) are provided as XPS (XML Paper Specification) files. I downloaded the font .xps files from there and they opened up in Internet Explorer 7. You can download the Microsoft XPS Viewer to view these .xps files also.

Microsoft Windows Vista and Microsoft Office 2007 Fonts

I searched around various font resources and forums. There are several places where I found these fonts for sale at variable prices (beware of bad sellers), in some forums these fonts were available for download as .zip files (beware of virues and malware!) also. I wanted a more official and reliable way to download these fonts…

I checked the Microsoft Typography site where you can find fonts supplied with Microsoft products. Most buy fonts links from the official site lead you to the Ascender site for Microsoft Fonts. The keynote there is “Microsoft selected Ascender because of our years of font development and licensing expertise, and our ability to maintain the integrity of their type designs and font software quality.” That’s official enough for me.

Vista Cleartype Fonts

There I found the Microsoft ClearType Font Collection featured in Windows Vista and Microsoft Office 2007 and available for license to individuals, graphic designers and businesses. The collection consists of 25 fonts: six new typeface families (Constantia, Corbel, Calibri, Cambria, Candara, Consolas), each with regular, italic, bold and bold italic styles, and a new picture/symbol font (Cariadings). Individual fonts are priced at $35 and font families are $120 – each includes a license to use the fonts on up to five computers. The Complete Microsoft ClearType Font Collection (25 Fonts) is available for $299.

Best deal – If you really want to spend money, they buy Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium upgrade or get a Microsoft Office Standard 2007 Upgrade – both of which will have these fonts integrated and you get the latest version for your Microsoft software too.

Download Free Vista Fonts

Various forums mention that some free Microsoft software enable you to view Microsoft Office 2007 documents, and they have these cleartype fonts incorporated in them. Try if it works for you…

Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack – for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats. Lets you open, edit, and save documents, workbooks, and presentations in the file formats new to Microsoft Office Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007. (27.5 MB)

Microsoft Office PowerPoint Viewer 2007 – lets you view full-featured presentations created in PowerPoint 97 and later versions. (25.8 MB)

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72 Responses

  1. Yandi says:

    please send me !

  2. Jibran says:

    please send me the font named CALIBRI. thanks

  3. maro says:

    argh, where can i download the cambria for free? thanks!

  4. joe says:

    please send me calibri font

  5. Lakshmikanth says:

    Appearence and look of vista font is very nice.

  6. Manu says:

    hi,
    Please send these fonts (Constantia, Corbel, Calibri, Cambria, Candara, Consolas)

    Thanks in advance

    Regards,
    Manu

  7. Max Bruijn says:

    Please send me this font Calibri

  8. Namarta Luthra says:

    I want to download vista fonts: Calibri, Cambria, Constantia, Corbel, Candara, Consolas”

  9. Kelly says:

    Please send me cambria font

  10. l says:

    if someone sends you the calibri font can you use it in your current version of word

  11. Lucas says:

    Yes, the appearance of Vista is nice but is it worth all the space and speed it takes up? I bought a computer, with Vista preloaded, saw the reviews and put windows XP the second I got it. I switched back to Vista to try it out for a ay – that’s all I could last..All it did was get on my nerves but anyway, Yes You can get Calibri fonts from downloading the above programs

  12. Eric says:

    Hi,
    Pls send my the font – calibri. Thank You!

    Regards

    Eric

  13. Dareck Titus says:

    Please send me calibri font :]

    Thank you!

  14. Nitish says:

    please send me this font(Cariadings)

  15. Auful_Pontianak says:

    Please send me free vista fonts for xp. thanks before

  16. Sam says:

    can u send me this Carlbri font .. i want to download it .. plz

  17. siti says:

    hi please send me a copy of calibri font. Thank you so much!

  18. Thousandvega says:

    Please send me “Calibri” font! Thank you so much.

  19. Momek says:

    Please send me cambria font. :)
    :shy:

  20. Justin says:

    please send me calibri font. I really need this font. Thanks in advance.

  21. jasper says:

    please send me calibri font. I really need this font. Thanks in advance.

  22. Jay says:

    Could you please send me the Calibri font, I need it for my report, Thanks in advance!

  23. key says:

    WOW beautiful… please send me calibri, cambria, candara, constantia, corbel & cariadings. I can use it in my reports. Thank you very much!!

  24. sarah says:

    hi – could you please send me the calibri font file. thanks a mil…

  25. jimmy says:

    Hi!
    could you send me calibri, cambria, candara, constantia, and corbel fonts?
    Thank you very much!

  26. tubo82 says:

    Hi!
    could you send me calibri, cambria, candara, constantia, and corbel fonts?
    Thank you very much!

  27. Dr. M says:

    Hi, I want to download Calibri without having to download massive files like PowerPoint viewer. Do you know where I could get them??

  28. damian says:

    please send me cambria fonts! thx

  29. joanne says:

    hey! please send me the calibri fonts.. thank you so much in advance!

  30. Karen says:

    Greetings,
    Please send these fonts (Constantia, Corbel, Calibri, Cambria, Candara, Consolas)

    at the very least Calibri.

    Thanks you!

    Regards,
    Karen

  31. Nikki says:

    Please send me the CALIBRI font. Much appreciated in advance.

  32. Kate says:

    I just want new font to make document pls sent font of vista Thanks.

  33. h p singh says:

    please send me the calibri fonts

  34. Miks says:

    Where is the link to download the font ?

  35. Darius says:

    Is there any way I could download the fonts Cambria & Calibri for Mac for free?
    Could someone please send them to me as an attachment?
    Appreciated.

    • John says:

      Did you ever get a response that provided the fonts to you? If so I would very much appreciate what I need to do to also get them. Thank You in advance!

  36. mljms says:

    Can you please send me Calibri font? Thank you so so so much!!!ü

  37. Bassem says:

    They’re not with Windows Vista. They’re with Microsoft Office 2007.

  38. SonGoku says:

    hi,
    could you send me calibri font?
    thanks a lot!

  39. Starter says:

    Thanks for the zip file. Been looking for this a couple of days now. Stay well.

  40. I will be so kind to receive fonts : Calibri, Candara regular.

    Thanking in advance,

  41. Prem says:

    I will be so kind to receive calibri, canadara
    Thanks & Regrds

  42. yarashi says:

    I need the font Calibri, can you send it to me?

  43. Angela says:

    Hi please send me the Calibri font? It would be greatly appreciated.

    Thanking you in advance

  44. Suzanne says:

    Can you please send me the Calibri font, i really need him. Thanking you in advanced!

  45. kristen says:

    please send me Calibri

  46. Kutty kizhisseri says:

    fond calibri,candara, consolas and corbel are looking very nice. can you please send me the regular fornts if possible.

  47. jimmy says:

    fond cambria are looking very nice can you please send me the regular fornts if possible.

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