If you open Microsoft formatted documents on your Mac like I do then you have probably run across the annoying message saying the Calibri or Cambria font is missing.
For years I have ignored this as an annoyance, but today I decided to do something about it. Turns out there is a very easy fix!
Richard Taylor of RMTWeb became fed up like me and put together a package of fonts to restore Calibri and Cambria fonts on the Mac.
Getting the fonts running is trivial:
- Download Richard’s font package from http://www.rmtweb.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Calibri-and-Cambria-Fonts.zip
- Open the zip
- (Here is where I differ from his notes)
- Open the Font Book app
- Select all the fonts from the download and drag them to Font Book
- Click the select all checkbox and the install button
- Celebrate!
That’s it.
Really.
You will no longer get that annoying message about missing fonts!
Thanks to Richard for providing this resource! His original instructions can be found at https://www.rmtweb.co.uk/calibri-and-cambria-fonts-for-mac
Bonus: Segoe UI Font
After posting the original fonts I ran across an issue with Segoe UI fonts missing. Microsoft provides a download for them at Segoe UI and Fabric MDL2 external icon font. The install instructions are the same as above!
Photo by Patrick Ward on Unsplash
Danny
This doesn’t seem to work when you have the default installation path as computer instead of user. None of the fonts install. Any ideas?
BeenAroundAwhile
You probably need to be an administrative user, or need to authorize if presented with a password request.
Caleb
Thanks! I was missing the Calibri font on my 2015 iMac for some reason and your download worked. Just copied them all into my Font Book. Thanks again!
Heather
Thank you for this! Worked great
Donna Baldwin
Many thanks. This has irritated me for ages. Very grateful.