• @glorious_albus@lemmy.world
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    602 years ago

    The US State Department only just directed its employees to use Calibri for memos earlier this year. The State Department had been using Times New Roman instead since 2004.

    Lmao

    • Captain Aggravated
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      462 years ago

      Meanwhile professors still be requiring essays done in Times New Roman, and all actual documents are done in the default because as long as its legible it doesn’t matter.

      Oh except for a court case in 2044 when a lawyer notices “Aha! This document is dated from 2020 but the Aptos font wasn’t introduced until 2023, this document is forged!” Yes I can cite precedent, Your Honor; something similar happened with Callibri, introduced circa 2007.

  • 👍Maximum Derek👍
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    2 years ago

    This is at least the 4th official microsoft font I’ve been around for. What a time to be alive!

  • @dr_doomscroller@lemmy.world
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    102 years ago

    Wow, all these essential moves like azure ad to entra id and a new default font?

    microsoft has be laying off the wrong people.

      • Margot Robbie
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        22 years ago

        It’s honestly one of my favorite all purpose fonts, very clean, but has much more personality than other san-serif fonts like Helvetia or Noto.

        • @catastrophicblues@lemmy.ca
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          32 years ago

          It does, but because of that I feel it needs to be used a bit more sparingly. Helvetica (Neue) you can use the entire document; Segoe seems like it works best for headings and such, but maybe I’m wrong and someone does it well.

    • Tygr
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      32 years ago

      I’ve been using this font in my stuff for years.

  • N3Cr0
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    32 years ago

    Aptos is a part of a broader wave of features coming to Microsoft 365. We’re pushing to make the software more expressive and inclusive […] Judging by the aesthetics, It appears more like an anti-feature to me.

  • @daringdomino3s@lemmy.world
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    32 years ago

    They said it’s part of office 365 changed, does that mean my purchased single-machine license will not be getting a font change?

      • verity_kindle
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        42 years ago

        My users, who average 70 years old, will not notice. Except one. She will flip out in a rage.

    • ijeff
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      32 years ago

      Do you have Bierstadt (this same font) and the other new fonts they launched a few years ago?

      • @daringdomino3s@lemmy.world
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        12 years ago

        I honestly don’t know, I always used either calibri or times since I bought the license to help instruct a class during covid.

  • @Shihali@sh.itjust.works
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    2 years ago

    The update hasn’t happened for me yet, so we’ve still got some time to get used to Bierstadt a.k.a. Aptos. It has a curve at the bottom of the lower-case l like Liberation Mono, DejaVu Sans Mono, and Cascadia Code, but without the top serif.

    • ijeff
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      2 years ago

      It also takes up more horizontal space than Calibri. I don’t think I like it.

      Top is Calibri, bottom is Bierstadt: Comparison between Calibri and Bierstadt fonts

      • @Shihali@sh.itjust.works
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        32 years ago

        Agreed that it’s wider at the same point size. Not sure if it’s easier or harder to read yet, especially that “a”. Seems a little heavier to counter display technology that makes old fonts so thin (and maybe superthin fonts falling out of fashion?). Probably blends better with Chinese, Japanese, and Korean due to being squarer and having shorter descenders, but I don’t trust my eye.