All about the new Microsoft 365 default ‘blank’ templates and their matching Aptos fonts.
It’s all a lot more complicated than Microsoft makes out and there’s consequences for Office 2021, Office 2019, Office 2016 and other software.
Word and PowerPoint have options to embed a font into the document, so why doesn’t it work? In theory you can select the ‘Embed fonts’ option for a document / presentation and all the necessary fonts will be included in the document. That means the fonts will appear, as the doc/slide maker intended, when opened […]
Inside the Microsoft Office (Word and PowerPoint) embedding fonts feature within documents. Font embedding adds the font into the document/presentation file itself so that anyone reading will see the same text as the creator. Normally fonts are installed on the computer and used by whatever programs need them. If the font you want to use […]
A ‘side by side’ comparison of the current Office default font for headings (Calibri Light) and the new default Aptos Display. Aptos Display has thicker strokes/lines than Calibri Light and is, perhaps, more prominent as a heading font. See the slider below to compare the two heading fonts. See New and old Office font – […]
Here’s a ‘side by side’ comparison of the current Office default font (Calibri) and the new default Aptos. There’s not a lot of difference between Aptos and Calibri fonts to the unpracticed eye. See the slider below to compare the two. See Heading fonts in Office, new and old side-by-side comparison to compare Aptos Display […]
Microsoft has released a new range of fonts called ‘Aptos’ that are the new default fonts in Microsoft 365. Here’s what you need to know about the new fonts. Firstly – as Douglas Adams (much missed) reminded us: DON’T PANIC. Despite what you may have read, your documents should not change before your eyes to […]