This is for people who use Microsoft Office on the Mac and are looking to download fonts like Calibri, Consolas, etc that were introduced in Windows Vista and Microsoft Office 2007.
If you are on Windows, refer to this guide on how to download Calibri font legally with or without Microsoft Office 2007.
How to Download Office 2007 Fonts on the Mac
Microsoft recently introduced an Open XML Converter that adds support for newer Office file formats like docx, xlsx, etc. in Office 2004 for the Mac.
With Open XML converter installed, Office 2004 users can read and write Office documents that are created using Office 2007 on Windows or Office 2008 on the Mac.
And the most interesting part – these popular Office 2007 fonts like Cambria, Calibri, Consolas, Constantia, Corbel and Candara are included by default in the Open XML Converter package.
You’ll find them installed in the /Library/Fonts/Microsoft folder of your Mac. But am not too sure if it would be legal to share these fonts with your Mac friends who don’t have Office on their system.
Related: Create Personalized Fonts Online
Find this article at: http://www.labnol.org/software/tutorials/free-download-calibri-font-on-mac/3684/
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Reader Comments
I can get any fonts I want from Windows to put it to my Mac.
It is so darn easy.
First, open your font folder in windows (c:\windows\fonts), then highlight any fonts you want, drag it to any folder you want (for example: my documents), then the fonts you have highlighted will automatically copied themselves to that particular folder (your original font files won’t disappear, trust me).
Move the fonts from that “folder” onto a external disk, then voila, connect your external disk to your Mac.
I don’t think it’s illegal that way, besides I own both windows and mac :)
Written by ramster on 12.25.08