font-caladea ☆

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Type: Cask | Tracked Since: Dec 17, 2025

Links: formulae.brew.sh

Category: Fonts

Tags: font sans-serif typography arial caladea

Install: brew install --cask font-caladea

About:
Caladea is a sans-serif typeface designed for optimal legibility on computer screens. It is a metric-compatible alternative to the proprietary Arial font, ensuring that documents maintain their original layout and spacing when substituted. This makes it an excellent choice for web design and digital document viewing where rendering consistency is crucial.

Key Features:

Metric-compatible with Arial
Optimized for screen readability
Open-source and free to use
Clean, modern sans-serif design

Use Cases:

Replacing Arial in web design for consistent cross-platform rendering
Viewing documents that rely on Arial metrics without layout shifts
General-purpose text display in user interfaces

Alternatives:

font-arial – Proprietary font that Caladea is designed to replace while maintaining metrics
font-liberation-sans – Another metric-compatible Arial alternative with slightly different design aesthetics

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