: Calibri Arabic is exclusively included with Microsoft products and services. It became widely available in newer versions of the font family (version 5.62 and later).
: Use Calibri Arabic for convenience. Use a purpose-built Arabic font for quality.
Calibri usually excelled at static clarity. But for this, he had to stretch. The Ra had to connect seamlessly to the Ha . He had to maintain his signature "softness"—that slight roundness that made him modern—while respecting the ancient, calligraphic rules of the script.
Users frequently note that when you type bilingual paragraphs, Calibri Arabic and Calibri Latin don't align perfectly on the baseline – leading to uneven line heights. Microsoft has partially fixed this in later versions, but older Office builds still show the glitch.
While Calibri became the default font for Microsoft Office in 2007, it was recently replaced by Aptos in January 2024 as the new primary default.