Like Calibri, Aptos is a sans serif typeface but with something a little extra, Microsoft says. Centuries ago, in the early days of printing presses, almost all typefaces had serifs.

The main flavor of Aptos is a sans-serif font—described by Matteson as "Helvetica" but with "a bit of a human touch" that makes it "more approachable and less institutional." But like Apple's ...

The winner was Bierstadt, "a contemporary sans serif typeface inspired by mid-20th-century Swiss typography" created by Steve Matteson. Bierstadt was then renamed Aptos. Also: Microsoft Dev Box ...

Tom Warren is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft is replacing its Calibri default font with Aptos, a new ...

but many designers have now given Aptos their blessing. Only created in 2023, it may well become a rival to Helvetica as well as Calibri, as it’s an attractive sans serif typeface with hints of ...

Last year, Microsoft announced that it was changing its Microsoft Word default font from Calibri to a new sans-serif font known as Aptos. Calibri had a nearly 20-year run. It succeeded Times New ...

visually, at least. After 15 years, Microsoft is replacing the default font in 365 and Office apps, Calibri, with something new: Aptos. It may look like a simple sans-serif font (and it is in ...

Instead, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Excel users on TikTok are noticing (or will soon enough) their trusted sans-serif typeface is officially swapped for a brash upstart known as Aptos.