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I don't mind Calibri, but I've always thought it was a surprising choice as a default since whenever MS Word switched to it. It just looks too "friendly" for "serious business" to me. I think if you interpolated between Helvetica and Comic Sans you'd get something like Calibri on the way. (PS I know nothing about typography.)

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I'd bet that was partly on purpose to try and curb comic sans usage

Comic Sans is too successful. It has such a perfect air of informality that it gets chosen by everyone who wants to avoid a stuffy formality. To me it goes too far though, like a clown suit.

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