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@hardypart@feddit.de to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago

Meet Microsoft Office’s new default font: Aptos

www.theverge.com

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Meet Microsoft Office’s new default font: Aptos

www.theverge.com

@hardypart@feddit.de to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago
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It’s the first change to the Office default font in more than 15 years.
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  • @glorious_albus@lemmy.world
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    70•2 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

    • SGG
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      31•2 years ago

      Honestly, they have probably kept times new Roman for other things, as a serif font it’s much harder to make the mistake between a capital I and a lower case l.

      Ambiguity can cause problems.

      At the same time, I agree, lmao.

      • @TurnItOff_OnAgain@lemmy.world
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        15•2 years ago

        L agree?

        I my ass off?

        • SGG
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          1•2 years ago

          This Guy Gets It, Or Does He Get lt?

        • @jocanib@lemmy.world
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          0•2 years ago

          What is this study called?

          Efficacy of prehospital administration of fibrinogen concentrate in trauma patients bleeding or presumed to bleed (FIinTIC)

    • @jdevsd@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      3•2 years ago

      deleted by creator

  • @Chickenstalker@lemmy.world
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    33•2 years ago

    How is a new font “more inclusive”? This word has been co-opted by corpo drones and has lost its meaning.

    • @hardypart@feddit.deOP
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      16•2 years ago

      It’s little things like better disambiguation between uppercase i and lowercase L.

      • @whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works
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        4•2 years ago

        and the letters qpdb are different? (for dyslexic people)

        • @Shihali@sh.itjust.works
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          4•2 years ago

          qpdb are completely symmetrical in Bierstadt, so no.

    • @tegs_terry@feddit.uk
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      3•2 years ago

      It’s like ‘gaslighting’ or ‘reboot’, or various others: it gains a little traction then everyone finds an excuse to use it, appropriate or not.

    • @superschurke@discuss.tchncs.de
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      1•2 years ago

      The only meaning I could imagine as useful is to include more different scripts from the Unicode set.

  • @jschmau5@lemmy.world
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    29•2 years ago

    Looks like a return to Arial to me!

    • Captain Aggravated
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      49•2 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.

      • @cx0der@lemmy.world
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        22•2 years ago

        Well it already happened https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/12/15961354/pakistan-calibri-font-scandal-forged-documents

        • Captain Aggravated
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          19•2 years ago

          See? Told you there was precedent.

        • verity_kindle
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          2•2 years ago

          Thanks for the sauce, that makes me so happy, people like me have them Sherlock skills, being heroes

      • be_excellent_to_each_other
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        14•2 years ago

        Meanwhile professors still be requiring essays done in Times New Roma

        A font I strongly dislike. Particularly in any electronic media it just looks unsightly to me for some reason I have never been able to articulate. I do tend to like sans-serif fonts more in general, but I don’t think that’s entirely it.

        I hope to never return to an environment where someone is going to complain about just using Arial or similar.

      • verity_kindle
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        2•2 years ago

        Remindme! 7-14-2044 GOOD KERNING MATTERS

  • @blueryth@lemmy.world
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    Previously known as Bierstadt

    Missed opportunity. Long live Beertown! 🍻

  • @rlspam@sh.itjust.works
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    17•2 years ago

    Again? I still haven’t gotten over the switchover from Times New Roman to Calibri.

    • @sorenant@lemmy.world
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      10•2 years ago

      Found the US State Department.

    • @the_medium_kahuna@lemmy.world
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      4•2 years ago

      i wish we could collectively agree to switch to Liberation Mono and stay there

      • @TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz
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        3•2 years ago

        I like Tahoma

  • @jacktherippah@lemmy.world
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    15•2 years ago

    DAE hate Calibri?

    • @mysoulishome@lemmy.world
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      6•2 years ago

      Yup

    • @erezac@lemm.ee
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      2•2 years ago

      Hate would be a too strong word, but I’ve disliked it always. Much prefer Arial or even Verdana.

    • @BaskinRobbins@sh.itjust.works
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      0•2 years ago

      I guess I’m the only one here who likes it

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

  • @ConsciousLochNess@sh.itjust.works
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    12•2 years ago

    Good to know. I’ll get ready for some user to complain about this today.

  • @dr_doomscroller@lemmy.world
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    Wow, all these essential moves like azure ad to entra id and a new default font?

    microsoft has be laying off the wrong people.

    meanwhile, you can’t update powershell through winget.

  • Margot Robbie
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    9•2 years ago

    Why didn’t they just use Segoe UI? It’s a really nice font.

    • @catastrophicblues@lemmy.ca
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      5•2 years ago

      Segoe is so good. Criminally underrated.

      • Margot Robbie
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        2•2 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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          3•2 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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      3•2 years ago

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

  • comedy
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    8•2 years ago

    As an avowed Calibri hater, thank fuck.

  • N3Cr0
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    3•2 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.

  • Pantsofmagic
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    3•2 years ago

    Well at least it’s not Comic Sans.

  • @daringdomino3s@lemmy.world
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    3•2 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?

    • Like A Duck
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      5•2 years ago

      You will get the font change

      • verity_kindle
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        4•2 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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      3•2 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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        1•2 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.

  • @Llamajockey@lemmy.world
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    3•2 years ago

    Fix Windows 11? Naaaa new font

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