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I have just moved from a windows 10 system to an iMac, so have purchased all three Affinity programs for my new machine. I have been working on a family history book in Publisher on the Windows 10 machine, but when I load the files in Publisher on my iMac to my dismay I discover that the Calibri light font I have been using is not allowed on my Apple system (seems it is owned by Microsoft!). Can anyone tell me if there a suitable alternative font I can use that will not throw all my formatting into disarray?

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I use an iMac and I have Calibri installed.... I think that although I run MS Office apps I still had to download it, but it's installed just fine and I can use it in Publisher.

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I did some checking and apparently it's not a free font but you can buy it from sites like this one:

https://www.fonts.com/font/microsoft-corporation/calibri/packages

Other sites have it for free (which would be where I got it!), for example https://www.downloadfonts.io/calibri-font-family-free/

I don't feel bad using the "free" version, after all it's part of the MS Office suite and I am indeed paying for MS 365...... but the whole licensing issue is a really grey area!

 

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You can install every font from a windows machine on your Mac. I did this myself when I got a new MacBook Pro, keeping my Win10-PC for some programs that will not run easily on my Mac.

You just copy the fonts you want to transfer from the font library on the PC (by USB stick or better a cloud service) and install them on your Mac. There they have to be included into the installed fonts. Since the Mac already comes with a lot of fonts, I just moved those (like Calibri) I have used a lot in documents that I will probably open again on the Mac.

For a Step-to-Step description look it up on Google or YT. No need to pay for the fonts, because they do not need an installer that would control the pay check (this is not the legal side, just the factual).

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1 hour ago, Blende21 said:

You can install every font from a windows machine on your Mac.

If you look into the licensing details, I think you’ll find that fonts supplied as part of a Windows installation are only licensed for use with Windows.

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OK, I wait for the Stormtroopers to run down my front door and send me to MS Hell for moving their sacred fonts from my PC to my Mac.

As long as the fonts are not underlying a DRM that extends into the documents using them, I think we can put the legal stuff aside - at least for personal use.

For clever dedicated users, I had a „disclaimer“ in my post, if you take the time to read it ...

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21 hours ago, Baldor said:

I have just moved from a windows 10 system to an iMac, so have purchased all three Affinity programs for my new machine. I have been working on a family history book in Publisher on the Windows 10 machine, but when I load the files in Publisher on my iMac to my dismay I discover that the Calibri light font I have been using is not allowed on my Apple system (seems it is owned by Microsoft!). Can anyone tell me if there a suitable alternative font I can use that will not throw all my formatting into disarray?

https://www.rmtweb.co.uk/calibri-and-cambria-fonts-for-mac

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These are the fonts that come with Microsoft Office.

These fonts are copyrighted to Microsoft, however (I have checked with Microsoft UK on this by telephone on 14th June 2013) you are allowed to have them provided that you own a copy of either:

Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer (Free), fonts are included

– Microsoft Office (Any version, Windows or Mac)

 

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26 minutes ago, Fixx said:

I think Calibri versions still come with MS Office install.

Yep, I have office installed.
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