Microsoft 365 ( née Office ) users will soon be visualize a Modern default font for the first prison term in 15 years , with the ship’s company declare the brand new Aptos font will replace Calibri .
Over the next few calendar month , those opening Word , Excel , PowerPoint and Outlook will see a new default option , although Calibri will persist prominent in the drop down menu , alongside late default options Times New Roman and Arial .
In a blog mail service today , the company say it has chosen a winner from the five novel fonts it commissioned to find the perfect new fount for higher resolution screens .
From Bierstadt , Grandview , Seaford , Skeena , and Tenorite , Microsoft ’s army of testers resolve they liked Bierstadt most of all . That typeface has been renamed Aptos , and will be ramble out as the default option for all Microsoft 365 user within the next few month .
“ Aptos , made of motley geometric shape , is bold , well - defined , directive , and constrained . It vocalise many different languages and tones , ” Microsoft said in theblog postannouncing the change today . “ Stem ends are clean cut . pernicious circular square within the varsity letter ’ shape allow gamy legibility , peculiarly at small sizes . ”
“ There are different font weights to help set mode and calculate the reader ’s aid . The new nonpayment typeface is professional , and yet relatable . Aptos embodies professionalism , adaptability , subtle flourishes of expression , and more limpidity .
Microsoft is also somewhat pleased the point for lower case i ’s and j ’s are now actually circular ! antecedently , they were “ grotesque squares ” . Meanwhile you ’ll be able to tell the difference between the lowercase cubic decimeter and the capital I thanks to a freshly distinctive tail .
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