If needed, Carlito and Caladea can be downloaded from the following links: Once the fonts have been installed, we can proceed with configuring LibreOffice to use them as substitutes. The method of installing fonts on your OS of choice (e.g. Ubuntu, Apple OS X, Windows) is outside the scope of this guide, so please consult with your OS documentation or seek technical assistance if needed (although generally, font installation is intuitive and straightforward). 1 2 SUBSTITUING MICROSOFT OFFICE FONTS IN LIBREOFFICEĬarlito is a dropin replacement for Calibri Caladea is a dropin replacement for Cambria Carlito and Caladea should be installed alongside existing fonts in your computer's operating system (OS). They will then appear in all of your fontenabled applications, including LibreOffice. These fonts are metrically compatible with Calibri and Cambria. This means that when Microsoft's fonts are substituted with Carlito and Caladea, the formatting does not change as the replacement fonts are identical in width and height right down to each individual character. Introducing the Carlito and Caladea fonts Carlito and Caladea are two freelyavailable fonts designed as dropin replacements for Microsoft's proprietary Calibri and Cambria fonts.
The information which follows is generally only needed when sending and receiving documents intended to be editable. If editing is not required by either party, then documents should be converted to PDF format, which ensures documents will appear exactly as authored. Industry experts (primarily sponsored by Google) recently identified this critical aspect of Microsoft Office lockin and moved to create freelydistributable font replacements for Calibri and Cambria. This guide describes these replacement fonts in more detail, and how to use them in LibreOffice to resolve the issue of document interchange with Microsoft Office users. The amount of time involved in manually correcting formatting issues caused exclusively by Microsoft's deliberate use of secret technology can lead to frustrated staff and the entirely incorrect perception that the alternative software is not fit for use. However, Microsoft Office's proprietary fonts can create a pain point for businesses looking to adopt LibreOffice. Without access to these fonts, documents received from Microsoft Office users can appear with "broken" formatting when opened in LibreOffice. Alternatives such as LibreOffice have massively levelled the playing field for businesses, with a comprehensive and powerful office productivity solution for low or no cost. Microsoft Office by default uses two such fonts: Calibri and Cambria. These fonts are only available in Microsoft Office, and are not freely available for download or use otherwise. A frequentlyoverlooked point of lockin with Microsoft Office is its default use of proprietary fonts. Contrary to the popular view, fonts are often not freely distributable, and may in fact be covered by restrictive license terms similar to proprietary software. The cumulative effect drastically reduces choice for businesses and increases costs especially when exchanging documents with other parties. Introduction Microsoft Office contains numerous components designed to intentionally lock businesses into using expensive Microsoft products. Examples of this practice range from proprietary, nonstandardised file formats (which can only be interpreted correctly by Microsoft Office1), to the full set of features only being available on Microsoft Windows (which prevents businesses from adopting superior alternatives to Windows 2). 3 Introducing the Carlito and Caladea fonts.3 Substituting Calibri and Cambria in LibreOffice.4 Embedding fonts in LibreOffice documents.6 For more information.6 SUBSTITUTING MICROSOFT OFFICE FONTS IN LIBREOFFICE SEPTEMBER 2015
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