silence7Microsoft Word’s Subtle Typeface Change Affected Millions. Did You Notice?
The end result, Aptos, is Microsoft’s trademarked intellectual property.
Well, there it is.
This is much the same as Calibri, Arial and other bundled fonts. Even Times New Roman is meant to be licensed for commercial work.
Right, but they’ve changed the default from one that’s been around for about 15 years and for which there are numerous open source alternatives to a new one.
The open source fonts will catch up eventually but really all this is about is them refreshing their proprietary shit for 365, and making it cloud based to boot.