Reverting Aptos +body/+headings font back to Calibri, or using any other font

Anonymous
2024-01-11T01:32:12+00:00

At some point in the last couple of days, the default +body/+headings font on my copy of Office 365 changed to the Aptos font. I honestly find it a bit hard to read, and I'd rather choose my default body font from a choice of whatever fonts I have installed. Failing that, I'd take Calibri again. The Aptos font reminds me a lot of

Since this affects all Office products, I can't say go into Outlook and change the stationery fonts; this doesn't impact the Reading Pane. It also wouldn't impact say Word, where I'd have to come up with my own document template to override the change. It doesn't seem to be a registry edit or template file edit, either. Is there a spot that the Aptos font can be changed?

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  1. Stefan Blom 351.3K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2025-01-28T16:13:45+00:00

    The update automatically changed ALL of my default displays to Aptos 12 points and stopped loading my Normal and Excel start-up templates.

    All of my Draft Outlook emails that previously used multiple fonts and are now unusable.

    I don't know why draft messages would be affected by format changes. This may very well be a bug. Report it using the feedback facility in your version of Outlook.

    You may want to post a question in the Outlook forum as well; go to https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook_com/forum?sort=LastReplyDate&dir=Desc&tab=All.

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-01-28T14:27:37+00:00

    Diane,

    Thank you for replying. I tried to follow your instructions, but when I went to change the font, the default line was greyscaled and would not allow me to set my desired font as the default. I am using Office Home version not Office 365. Does that make a difference?

    Tony

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-01-20T20:31:09+00:00

    I have MS Office 2018 not Office 365. How do I uninstall the Aptos font ans change the default font to Arial

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  5. Anonymous
    2025-01-20T12:08:19+00:00

    When I opened Excel today, it showed some weird font (Aptos Narrow, I believe). Have I been hacked? Has some sick person decided to play a practical joke on me? I checked the help pages, and it says that Calibri 11 is the default font: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/change-the-font-style-and-size-for-a-worksheet-b3f1792b-9980-4b92-9aa5-5dd6e940b195?nochrome=

    Is there a safe way to revert this? That font is hideous, it makes editing formulas very difficult!

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