# Help Microsoft pick their default font **URL:** \ **Category:** Software/Technology\ **Created:** [April 29, 2021, 1:15pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/help-microsoft-pick-their-default-font/2777 "2021-04-29T13:15:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![meep](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/meep/32/44_2.png) [@meep](https://community.goactuary.com/u/meep)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 1:15pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/help-microsoft-pick-their-default-font/2777/1 "2021-04-29T13:15:19Z")
[https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2021/04/28/beyond-calibri-finding-microsofts-next-default-font/](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2021/04/28/beyond-calibri-finding-microsofts-next-default-font/) > **[Microsoft is changing the default Office font and wants your help to pick a...](https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/28/22407297/microsoft-office-new-default-font-2022)** > > Five new Office fonts will be battle to be Microsoft’s new default. My sole comment: They picked a really shitty way to “display” the five new fonts. Give us a frickin upper/lower alphabet, not that graphic designer bullshit. The display also sucks here: > Can’t you give us some frickin Lorem Ipsum? What the hell is wrong with you, Microsoft? ---
**Author:** ![Mountainhawk](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/mountainhawk/32/82290_2.png) [@Mountainhawk](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Mountainhawk)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 1:21pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/help-microsoft-pick-their-default-font/2777/2 "2021-04-29T13:21:40Z")
I like Skeena best. ---
**Author:** ![meep](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/meep/32/44_2.png) [@meep](https://community.goactuary.com/u/meep)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 1:22pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/help-microsoft-pick-their-default-font/2777/3 "2021-04-29T13:22:35Z")
Yeah, I just realized they already put these fonts into Word. I agree that Skeena looks best. ---
**Author:** ![ALivelySedative](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/alivelysedative/32/1337_2.png) [@ALivelySedative](https://community.goactuary.com/u/ALivelySedative)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 1:29pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/help-microsoft-pick-their-default-font/2777/4 "2021-04-29T13:29:49Z")
I don’t like that the ‘M’ in Skeena doesn’t use vertical lines. ---
**Author:** ![meep](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/meep/32/44_2.png) [@meep](https://community.goactuary.com/u/meep)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 1:39pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/help-microsoft-pick-their-default-font/2777/5 "2021-04-29T13:39:38Z")
![image](https://community.goactuary.com/uploads/default/original/2X/1/13ab8d65d639b92d14da8dfa4988ecdebbd6f75f.png) ![image](https://community.goactuary.com/uploads/default/original/2X/0/01f6a3f1ab976919316ddb968f92b3a63e042eec.png) Hmmm, yeah, that M is a bit wonky. ---
**Author:** ![Mountainhawk](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/mountainhawk/32/82290_2.png) [@Mountainhawk](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Mountainhawk)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 1:44pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/help-microsoft-pick-their-default-font/2777/6 "2021-04-29T13:44:10Z")
I believe that non-vertical lines improves accessibility for people with issues like dyslexia. ---
**Author:** ![vjvj](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/vjvj/32/406_2.png) [@vjvj](https://community.goactuary.com/u/vjvj)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 3:23pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/help-microsoft-pick-their-default-font/2777/7 "2021-04-29T15:23:07Z")
I was hoping there was a fonty mcfontface in there. ---
**Author:** ![1695814](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/1695814/32/38506_2.png) [@1695814](https://community.goactuary.com/u/1695814)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 3:29pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/help-microsoft-pick-their-default-font/2777/8 "2021-04-29T15:29:22Z")
Courier New is my go-to font. ---
**Author:** ![Lucy](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/lucy/32/8802_2.png) [@Lucy](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Lucy)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 3:30pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/help-microsoft-pick-their-default-font/2777/9 "2021-04-29T15:30:59Z")
I also like Skeena. Weird name, though. But I like the capital M. Looks clean and different from the other letters to me. And I do have a bit of dyslexia, so maybe that’s relevant. ---
**Author:** ![Maphistos\_Sidekick](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/maphistos_sidekick/32/84973_2.png) [@Maphistos\_Sidekick](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Maphistos_Sidekick)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 3:58pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/help-microsoft-pick-their-default-font/2777/10 "2021-04-29T15:58:04Z")
> [@meep](#): > > What the hell is wrong with you, Microsoft? It’s Microsoft, the folks who inflicted Comic Sans upon the world. (I wish they’d get Outlook to support downloadable web fonts. The current mess makes it damned difficult to select good fonts as a subtle form of personal branding.) ---
**Author:** ![BG5150](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/bg5150/32/38521_2.png) [@BG5150](https://community.goactuary.com/u/BG5150)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2021, 1:48pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/help-microsoft-pick-their-default-font/2777/11 "2021-06-07T13:48:26Z")
why not Wingdings? ---
**Author:** ![Chewbacca](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/chewbacca/32/4632_2.png) [@Chewbacca](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Chewbacca)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2021, 2:25am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/help-microsoft-pick-their-default-font/2777/12 "2021-10-29T02:25:57Z")
i pick Seaford because it reminds me of Seafood ---
**Author:** ![1695814](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/1695814/32/38506_2.png) [@1695814](https://community.goactuary.com/u/1695814)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2021, 3:08am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/help-microsoft-pick-their-default-font/2777/13 "2021-10-29T03:08:33Z")
mmm…seeeafoooooooooood ---
**Author:** ![my\_alt](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@my\_alt](https://community.goactuary.com/u/my_alt)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2021, 2:20pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/help-microsoft-pick-their-default-font/2777/14 "2021-11-04T14:20:00Z")
I don’t think any of these is better than Calibri. ---
**Author:** ![BG5150](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/bg5150/32/38521_2.png) [@BG5150](https://community.goactuary.com/u/BG5150)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2021, 3:51pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/help-microsoft-pick-their-default-font/2777/15 "2021-11-04T15:51:37Z")
They should mess with people and pick something like Tempus Sans ITC or Algerian. ---
**Author:** ![Maphistos\_Sidekick](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/maphistos_sidekick/32/84973_2.png) [@Maphistos\_Sidekick](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Maphistos_Sidekick)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 11:11am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/help-microsoft-pick-their-default-font/2777/16 "2023-07-14T11:11:32Z")
The fontpocalypse is upon us > **[Meet Microsoft Office’s new default font: Aptos](https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/13/23793428/microsoft-aptos-new-default-font-office-365)** > > It’s the first change to the Office default font in more than 15 years. ---
**Author:** ![Lucy](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/lucy/32/8802_2.png) [@Lucy](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Lucy)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 12:47pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/help-microsoft-pick-their-default-font/2777/17 "2023-07-14T12:47:42Z")
Oh, good. Now old legacy spreadsheets will have even more fonts scattered throughout. ---
**Author:** ![Maphistos\_Sidekick](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/maphistos_sidekick/32/84973_2.png) [@Maphistos\_Sidekick](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Maphistos_Sidekick)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 1:03pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/help-microsoft-pick-their-default-font/2777/18 "2023-07-14T13:03:19Z")
There’s a reason why my “cleanup” macro in my personal.xlsb includes code to apply my preferred fonts throughout the file. ---
**Author:** ![NerdAlert](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/nerdalert/32/683_2.png) [@NerdAlert](https://community.goactuary.com/u/NerdAlert)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 1:05pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/help-microsoft-pick-their-default-font/2777/19 "2023-07-14T13:05:19Z")
I need to do something like this. ---
**Author:** ![Lucy](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/lucy/32/8802_2.png) [@Lucy](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Lucy)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 1:36pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/help-microsoft-pick-their-default-font/2777/20 "2023-07-14T13:36:07Z")
I don’t care enough to do that, but sometimes i reset the fonts on a page that will print. [Next page](https://community.goactuary.com/t/help-microsoft-pick-their-default-font/2777.md?page=2)