ICYMI: Aptos replaces Calibri
Victor Mather, "Microsoft Word’s Subtle Typeface Change Affected Millions. Did You Notice?", NYT 2/28/2024:
When you read — a book, a traffic sign, a billboard, this article — how much do you really notice the letters? If you’re like most people, the answer is probably not at all.
I'm mostly like most people, though there are font and size limits to my tolerance (e.g. …)
And @ellecordova's skit about the default typeface change is definitely funny, even if many of the participant fonts are not in my "really notice" category:
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