What are the best Windows 11 fonts?

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What are the best Windows 11 fonts?

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Best Windows 11 fonts	Price	License	Proportional
77 Microsoft Calibri	$	Proprietary	Yes
64 Google Noto	FREE	OFL-1.1	-
-- Fira Code	Free	OFL-1.1	-
-- Liberation	FREE	OFL-1.1	-
-- MT Times New Roman	$	Proprietary	-

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score 206 · Answer 1

Microsoft Calibri

Top Pro

Very clear and easy to read

The font has a fairly minimal appearance that won't be distracting to the reader. See More

Top Con

Comes as default font in Microsoft Office, which makes it boring

Replaced Times New Roman and Arial as the most seen font on screens EVERYWHERE, as most Word documents, Excel spreadsheets and Outlook emails use this font as standard. See More

SmartForseti's Experience

Best default font for any OS. See More

Specs

License:Proprietary

Proportional:Yes

Top Con

Rounded corners look bad on paper

Calibri is designed to work well at small sizes on typical desktop screen resolutions, particularly with Microsoft's ClearType rendering. When printed on paper, the rounded corners of the letterforms stand out and give the font an oddly "soft" look. See More

ReceptiveAthena's Experience

Lets face it: Calibri is an excellent font and highly legible on the screen at all sizess. It's not the prettiest, but if you're looking for a neutral all-rounder, this one is definitely in the TOP 10 close to big names such as Arial and Helvetica (this one being better looking and more serious at the cost of worse readability for the same size). See More

Top Con

Superceded by non-proprietary & metric-compatible Google CrOScore Carlito

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score 105 · Answer 2

Google Noto

Top Pro

Free

It’s free and open. See More

Top Con

Not yet universal

PerceptiveAernus's Experience

can't see nothing there See More

Specs

License:OFL-1.1

Top Pro

Looks clean and crisp on any display

SmartForseti's Experience

very basic and repetitive. Long term usage causes eye strain. See More

Top Pro

Covers almost every used language

Top Pro

Scalable from 4 point to 500 without broken edges

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score 15 · Answer 3

Fira Code

Top Pro

Has a slashed zero

New style since February 2018. In general use, too similar to Scandinavian Ø. See More

Specs

License:OFL-1.1

Italics:Yes

Weights:6 (Light, Regular, Retina, Medium, Semibold, Bold)

Based On:Mozilla Fira Mono

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Top Pro

Frequent updates

The repository is frequently updated. See More

Top Pro

Good editor support

A list of supported editors and terminals can be found here. See More

Top Pro

Characters look really nice

Some characters that look odd in other monospace fonts look very nice in Fira Code: @, a, 1, lower-case-L, Q, j, * See More

Top Pro

Supports retina displays

Fira Coda supports high pixel density retina displays. See More

Top Pro

Has ligatures

This is particularly beneficial for those who wish to use combined letters such as "æ" and other diphthongs. But when it comes to programming, the ability to scan through your code is improved with ligatures for equality, arrow functions, and more. See More

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score 5 · Answer 4

Liberation

Top Pro

Metric-compatible with Arial, Courier New, Times New Roman

Specs

License:OFL-1.1

Italics:Yes

Weights:2 (Regular, Bold)

Metric-compatible:Monotype Arial, Monotype Courier New, Monotype Times New Roman

score 24 · Answer 5

MT Times New Roman

Top Con

Superceded by non-proprietary & metric-compatible Google CrOScore Tinos

Specs

License:Proprietary

score 33 · Answer 6

Neue Haas Grotesk Display

score 28 · Answer 7

Microsoft Segoe UI

Top Pro

Very clean looking

ArticulateAtabyrius's Experience

I think this font looks even cleaner than Calibri. Looks perfect in one of my apps where I can set a specific font. See More

Specs

License:Proprietary

SmartForseti's Experience

Great, use it for all my designs. See More

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score 21 · Answer 8

MT Arial

Top Con

Superceded by non-proprietary & metric-compatible Google CrOScore Arimo

Specs

License:Proprietary

score 18 · Answer 9

CartoGothic

score 3 · Answer 10

Google Carlito

Top Pro

Metric-compatible with Microsoft Calibri

Specs

License:OFL-1.1

Italics:Yes

Weights:2 (Regular, Bold)

Based On:Ł. Dziedzic Lato

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score 1 · Answer 11

Bitstream DejaVu

Top Pro

DejaVu Sans is an alternative to Microsoft Verdana

Specs

License:Bitstream-Vera

Italics:Yes

Weights:2 (Regular, Bold)

Based On:Bitstream Vera

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score 1 · Answer 12

Adobe Source

Weights:6 (Extralight, Light, Regular, Semibold, Bold, Black)

score 24 · Answer 13

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My Recommendation for Microsoft Calibri

My Recommendation for Microsoft Calibri

Very clear and easy to read

Comes as default font in Microsoft Office, which makes it boring

Rounded corners look bad on paper

Superceded by non-proprietary & metric-compatible Google CrOScore Carlito

My Recommendation for Google Noto

My Recommendation for Google Noto

Free

Not yet universal

Looks clean and crisp on any display

Covers almost every used language

Scalable from 4 point to 500 without broken edges

My Recommendation for Fira Code

My Recommendation for Fira Code

Has a slashed zero

Frequent updates

Good editor support

Characters look really nice

Supports retina displays

Has ligatures

My Recommendation for Liberation

My Recommendation for Liberation

Metric-compatible with Arial, Courier New, Times New Roman

My Recommendation for MT Times New Roman

My Recommendation for MT Times New Roman

Superceded by non-proprietary & metric-compatible Google CrOScore Tinos

My Recommendation for Neue Haas Grotesk Display

My Recommendation for Neue Haas Grotesk Display

My Recommendation for Microsoft Segoe UI

My Recommendation for Microsoft Segoe UI

Very clean looking

My Recommendation for MT Arial

My Recommendation for MT Arial

Superceded by non-proprietary & metric-compatible Google CrOScore Arimo

My Recommendation for CartoGothic

My Recommendation for CartoGothic

My Recommendation for Google Carlito

My Recommendation for Google Carlito

Metric-compatible with Microsoft Calibri

My Recommendation for Bitstream DejaVu

My Recommendation for Bitstream DejaVu

DejaVu Sans is an alternative to Microsoft Verdana

My Recommendation for Adobe Source

My Recommendation for Adobe Source

My Recommendation for Roboto

My Recommendation for Roboto

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My Recommendation for Thinfold Micro

My Recommendation for Thinfold Micro

My Recommendation for Cursive IDE

My Recommendation for Cursive IDE

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