{"id":500243,"date":"2023-07-14T13:07:21","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T11:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=500243"},"modified":"2023-07-14T13:09:03","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T11:09:03","slug":"microsoft-changes-default-office-font-for-first-time-in-15-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/500243-microsoft-changes-default-office-font-for-first-time-in-15-years.html","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft changes default Office font for first time in 15 years"},"content":{"rendered":"

Microsoft is replacing the default font<\/strong><\/a> in its Office productivity apps for the first time in over 15 years.<\/p>\n

The “Calibri” typeface, first introduced in Microsoft Office 2007 and Windows Vista, started making way for “Aptos” on Thursday, 13 July 2023.<\/p>\n

Microsoft said the new typeface would become the default for “hundreds of millions” of users on the Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint apps.<\/p>\n

“Over the next few months, it will roll out to be the default for all our customers,” the company said.<\/p>\n

Aptos is a renamed version of Bierstadt \u2014 one of five fonts Microsoft previously commissioned to replace Calibri.<\/p>\n

Microsoft said the new font needed to have sharpness, uniformity, and be great for display type.<\/p>\n

Based on years of feedback from public testers, Bierstadt (now Aptos) was a better option than Grandview, Seaford, Skeena, and Tenorite.<\/p>\n

Those four fonts will continue to be available for users that prefer one of them.<\/p>\n

Aptos is a sans-serif typeface by default, featuring simple letterforms and even strokes.<\/p>\n

It comes with four different font weights and serif variants for a “less hyper-modern look,” Microsoft said.<\/p>\n

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Microsoft said some of the features included a distinctive tail for the lowercase L to distinguish it from the capitalised I.<\/p>\n

“The heads of i’s and j’s are circular dots as opposed to grotesque squares. 6 is single-stroked while two piled ellipticals make 8,” it added.<\/p>\n

Aptos is the creation of Steve Matteson, who Microsoft said was one of the world’s leading type designers.<\/p>\n

Matteson renamed Bierstadt to Aptos after his favourite unincorporated town in Santa Cruz, California.<\/p>\n

“The fog, beaches, redwood trees, and mountains of Aptos summed up everything that he loved about California,” Microsoft said.<\/p>\n

“Getting away from digital and evoking the outdoors was akin to getting back to pencil and paper.”<\/p>\n

“Drawing letters by hand would play a pivotal role in Steve’s creative process.”<\/p>\n

While greatly influenced by nature, Matteson added a humanist touch to the fonts.<\/p>\n

“He wanted Aptos to have the universal appeal of the late NPR newscaster Carl Kasell and the astute tone of The Late Show host Stephen Colbert<\/em>.”<\/p>\n

Before Aptos and Calibri, Microsoft’s default fonts for Word were Times New Roman and Arial.<\/p>\n

Below are images showing the Aptos font in more weights and styles.<\/p>\n

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