https://jdsalaro.comJayson Salazar Rodriguez | @jdsalaro | Blog - Posts tagged design2025-12-26T16:36:53.594105+00:00ABlog@jdsalarohttps://jdsalaro.com/note/comparison-new-microsoft-default-font-calibri-aptos/🖋 A Look into Aptos, Microsoft’s New Default Font2023-07-14T00:00:00+00:00Jayson Salazar Rodriguez<p class="ablog-post-excerpt"><p>icrosoft has been planning a design revamp when it comes to the typography of their whole Office product line; and probably beyond that. They have worked on selecting their new default font for quite a bit<a class="footnote-reference brackets" href="#microsoftnewfonts" id="id1" role="doc-noteref"><span class="fn-bracket">[</span>1<span class="fn-bracket">]</span></a>. The finalists among which the successor to the familiar Calibri typeface<a class="footnote-reference brackets" href="#wikipediacalibri" id="id2" role="doc-noteref"><span class="fn-bracket">[</span>2<span class="fn-bracket">]</span></a> was to be chosen were long known: Bierstadt, Grandview, Seaford, Skeena, and Tenorite. The decision, however, hadn’t been made and apparently no winner was yet selected nor known. That all changed today, though, as The Verge has reported <a class="footnote-reference brackets" href="#thevergemicrosoftnewfonts" id="id3" role="doc-noteref"><span class="fn-bracket">[</span>3<span class="fn-bracket">]</span></a>.</p>
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<script>kernelName = 'python3'</script>icrosoft has been planning a design revamp when it comes to the typography of their whole Office product line; and probably beyond that. They have worked on selecting their new default font for quite a bit1. The finalists among which the successor to the familiar Calibri typeface2 was to be chosen were long known: Bierstadt, Grandview, Seaford, Skeena, and Tenorite. The decision, however, hadn’t been made and apparently no winner was yet selected nor known. That all changed today, though, as The Verge has reported 3.2023-07-14T00:00:00+00:00https://jdsalaro.com/note/best-programming-fonts/🎠Best Fonts for Programming2023-06-30T00:00:00+00:00Jayson Salazar Rodriguez<p class="ablog-post-excerpt"><p>It seems like there’s never enough time to be really passionate about aesthetics, so that’s why when the opportunity presents itself I just roll with it and indulge that inclination. This post is the result of one such opportunity.</p>
<p>Seeing as many of us spend a considerable amount of time in front of some sort of computing device, which is specially true for those of us who program, I wanted to put the list of my favorite programming typefaces out there for your enjoyment.</p>
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