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Office is distributing a new font ("Dubai") . In this article we'll detail how this font will be distributed, explain the history of this font and how you might want to use it in a document.

Introducing the Dubai font family

In January 2016, Microsoft and The Executive Council of Dubai requested that we work together on a new font family for inclusion in Microsoft products.

Over the past year, work on the Dubai font family was completed by award winning type designer Nadine Chahine and a team of designers and engineers based in Monotype’s London office. The goal was to produce a highly readable text font family, leveraging Nadine’s background in font legibility research.

The initial version of the Dubai font family consists of four styles, Dubai Light, Dubai (regular), Dubai Medium and Dubai Bold, supporting both western European languages as well as the major languages that use the Arabic script.

The font's use is bound by the terms of the Office End User License Agreement.  The license terms of your Office product can be found by visiting Microsoft License Terms Site.

Installing the Dubai font in Microsoft Office

Microsoft 365 subscribers and Office 2016 for PC or Mac users automatically get the Dubai font added to their applications as part of their normal update process. If you're a Microsoft 365 subscriber and don't see the font available for you yet, make sure you have the latest updates installed. See Install Office updates for more information.

If you're not a Microsoft 365 subscriber yet, and want to get new features like this one, become a Microsoft 365 subscriber

iOS, Android, Windows Mobile, and Office Online users already have the new Dubai font available in their applications.

Using the Dubai font in Microsoft Office

The Dubai font works just as any other font in Office. Simply select the font from the font picker in your application to apply it.

Font drop-down menu showing the Dubai font

Tips & Tricks

  • Avoid using italics with any of the Dubai fonts, as we've not yet included true italic styles of the fonts.

  • The Dubai (regular) style is suited for body text and is “linked” to the Dubai Bold font. To apply the bold effect just select your text and choose bold from the Font group on the ribbon.

  • Because the Dubai fonts are designed for setting both Arabic and western European languages together, the space between lines is quite generous. You can tighten up this spacing by selecting Line Spacing Options from the Paragraph ribbon menu.

  • The font automatically installs in Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint. If you'd like to have the font available to you in other programs on Windows like Microsoft Project, or third-party programs you'll need to go to download the Dubai Font Pack from the Microsoft Download Center.

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