Microsoft Introduces Aptos: The New Default Font and Color Palette for Office

2023-08-16 13:50:00
The pace of technology is accelerating to witness every day a new state of development amid a frenzied pursuit of giant American companies in the field, to capture the greatest interest of people, and to help them in the field of work in particular. In this direction, Microsoft announced an update to Office, which is important for almost every business with its multiple applications. And the giant Microsoft company is testing the new Office program, which will be offered to all subscribers next month, according to the technology platform, The Verge, on the topic that I translated today the most prominent of it. New color palette Microsoft said, in this framework, it is updating Office features and distinctive styles, introducing new fonts, a new color palette, and updated default font styles and weights. Aptos is the new default font for applications like Word, Outlook, PowerPoint and Excel, which will replace the popular Calibri font, following more than 15 years of use as a premium style. The font change will also be combined with changes to the default style and color palette used in documents. Office files The biggest change in the color palette is the removal of the yellow color and replacing it with dark green, and one of the light blue shades has been replaced with a dark teal color. According to The Verge, this should result in better contrasts between the shapes and fonts available in Office files. According to Jess Cook, product manager for Microsoft 365 apps and software, the default style in Word and Outlook is also being updated to make them easier to read, more professional, and easier to navigate. The default line Microsoft began testing these changes and updates in July, remembering that it will launch the program in its new dress for users during the month of September, without specifying a specific day. This change may seem surprising to some, but Microsoft has been working on this step for some time, and announced that it may change its default font for the Office package. At that time, the company introduced 5 new fonts, namely Bierstadt, Grandview, Seaford, and Skeena Tenorite, indicating that one of them will become The next default line of the platform. Bierstadt and the company allowed users to provide feedback on which might be the best rather than just making a change, choosing Bierstadt because it got the best reaction from users. Almost a year later, Microsoft reintroduced Bierstadt as the new default font, but with a name change to Aptos.
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