Microsoft's decision to boot Calibri is the same reason behind why it decided to eliminate Times New Roman, which debuted in Office 2007. "That's my ethos getting put into the design." Why did Microsoft dump Calibri? People would rather listen to a human than a robot telling you to turn left," Matteson said. "It's kind of like listening to a GPS voice versus a human voice. Steve Matteson, the mastermind behind Aptos (who also created Segoe), said he designed the font to have the flair of The Late Show host Stephen Colbert with the universal appeal of late NPR newscaster Carl Kasell. While we all love the whimsical vibes of Papyrus, Comic Sans and Lucida Calligraphy, they have no place in the professional realm of default fonts. Aptos is described as a "precise, contemporary sans serif typeface inspired by mid-20th-century Swiss typography" with clear-cut stroke endings that emanate a personality of self discipline, poise and willpower, according to Microsoft.
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