When opening a Word doc, Pages comes up with the message that the Calibri font is missing. My colleague with a slightly earlier Macbook and software version has the Calibri font and gets no such message.
Can anyone explain what the issue is and what to do about it? (My peer group claims that the best fonts for proposals are Times or Times New Roman for body text and Calibri for headings and figures.)
MacBook Air, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)
If you have Microsoft OneNote installed (available for free on Apple App Store) then you already have the Calibri and many other Microsoft fonts on your Mac however these fonts are only available for OneNote.
Here how to make these fonts from OneNote available system wide on your Mac.
Note: by default, Font Book will install the font for the current user only. If you want the font to be installed for all users, select Preferences… from the Font Book menu and change the Default Install Location: from User to Computer.
If you have Microsoft OneNote installed (available for free on Apple App Store) then you already have the Calibri and many other Microsoft fonts on your Mac however these fonts are only available for OneNote.
Here how to make these fonts from OneNote available system wide on your Mac.
Note: by default, Font Book will install the font for the current user only. If you want the font to be installed for all users, select Preferences… from the Font Book menu and change the Default Install Location: from User to Computer.
Ah, I think I know the deal:
- My colleague has the font installed by virtue of also having MS Word for mac installed.
- I know how to fetch it (even for free if I choose not to acquire MS Word for my MacBook)
So if there's a way to close this question, then I'm for it.
Thanks.
Apple OS X (not Pages) does not install the Calibri font which is copyrighted by Microsoft. The installation of Office for Mac 2011 will install the Calibri font into OS X system font locations. Office 2016 for Mac keeps its fonts resident within the individual application bundles.
Pages expects fonts contained in Word documents to be present on the Mac, and produces that warning box about missing Calibri font as a result. MS Office also has the ability to simulate bold and italic font attributes when those actual font family members are not installed on the PC. Pages will warn about these faux fonts as they too, are not installed on the Mac.
OS X installs Times New Roman, and Helvetica. The latter can be your replacement for Calibri. Otherwise, you will need to install Office for Mac 2011 to get the Calibri font. There are those that have posted the Calibri and other Microsoft fonts on the Internet for download, but that is in violation of Microsoft copyright — which is not encouraged here.
Hello,
I followed these instructions, but I got a warning stating "Serious problem found. Do not install this font."
Is there any other way to get the font legally and safely?
Thank you. That adds to my understanding.
I should ask: I own an old Macbook with the 2011 version of Word for Mac; can I retrieve the font files from that computer? (I don't have the install disks handy.)
Thank you, I've just been having the same issue and this worked.
You can also import the font to available system wide as suggested by Steph@mtl when you have MSWord installed on your Mac
I have the same Issue as MooSRI850 mentioned
Hi,
Did you ever get a response on this or figure it out? I've just got a new Mac and have exactly the same warning - not keen to go ahead and install it but I want Calibri....
Thanks
Missing Calibri Font
