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Is there a legal way for me to embed the Calibri font into a website for non Windows Vista/7 visitors?

I would like to use Calibri for my website.

I would like to use the Calibri font for my website even when the visitor does not have the font installed (ie. non Windows Vista/7 visitors).

Does Microsoft allow embedding of the Calibri font into a Web Site?

If so, what technology do they allow this? EOT?

Thanks.

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You might want to check this discussion at http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=63055

I would just put Calibri in the CSS followed by the fonts that match Calibri the closest,
checkt the last post of above thread for such a font to get an idea.

Your website will then take the best available font.

Depending on the type of visitors your website is meant for most visitors should have Windows Vista or Windows 7 and thus have the Calibri font available for viewing your website.

TomWij  2010-03-27 15:52:13
Thanks for the pointer.The problem with listing Calibri first is that it is smaller than Verdana or Arial. Visitors without Calibri see very large (ugly) text.I am going to try serving the free Droid font to those who do not have Calibri. I saw that font from the link you provided so thank you for the tip.
Jamie  2010-03-27 17:09:26
Try it this way (http://www.w3schools.com/css/tryit.asp?filename=trycss_font-size_px), it says that IE isn't supported but that might refer to IE 6 and earlier versions. Works fine in IE 7 and later as far as I can see.
TomWij  2010-03-28 03:58:42
I'd just use Calibri with a different fallback font. Verdana is notoriously chunky, far too big for its point size, which makes it a bad choice to mix with others in a fallback chain.
bobince  2010-09-15 22:32:53

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