Microsoft has commissioned five new fonts for Office, as it announces plans to change the default in 2022. It’s the first time the default Office font has changed for nearly 15 years.

Microsoft changed its default font from Calibri to Aptos as part of an effort to keep up with new technology. ... its default font for the last 15 years, with a new font, Aptos.

Design trends are cyclical, and 10 years from now sans serif fonts will give consumers something else they want to see. Until then, I’ll be here — likely in a pink velvet armchair, ...

Payne, 41, liked Aptos so much when he learned about it last year that he downloaded the font and made it his default before Microsoft officially deployed the switch. “I wrote an email in it ...

Now, after 36 years, the widely used — and widely controversial — font is getting a makeover. The upgrade was designed by the the Massachusetts type giant Monotype, which controls licensing ...