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. Anonymous
    2024-01-22T08:29:06+00:00

    Customer wanted Verdana 9 as font for sending and replying e-mails.

    After trying GPP (Grou Policy Prefence) and setting Reg_Binary values using WEM which both failed in setting the right font, I ended up with setting the right font manually, exported the registry keys HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\MailSettings using the values ComposeFontComplex, ComposeFontSimple, ReplyFontComplex, ReplyFontSimple, TextFontComplex, TextFontSimple into a .reg file.

    Placed this in \<domain>\notlogon and used an external task in WEM using C:\Windows\SYstem32\reg.exe with parameter import \<domain>\netlogon\verdana9.reg

    After that, the right registry key is imported and the font is set to the right value.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-01-22T15:38:59+00:00

    Yes, this is a real pain to have to deal with. Suddenly all incoming emails use this difficult to read Aptos font, changing it without my intervention from Calibri. How do I change the incoming font back to Calibri? My version offers this option but how do I change it back to the default font on all incoming emails? The Default option is greyed out, see screenshot attached.

    There is no single place where you can change the font of all Office applications.

    In the classic version of Outlook for Windows, the plain text font can be modified via Composing and reading plain text messages at File > Options > Mail > Stationery and Fonts > Personal Stationery.

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    In Word for Windows, you can use the Font dialog box (Ctrl+D) and set a new default font.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-01-22T21:04:12+00:00

    We should be able modify the font used for +body and +heading styles in the "Office" theme.

    And why is my system using Aptos now, but the font does not appear in my list of installed fonts? This is causing issues with publishing applications I use. I'm getting error messages about Aptos font not available. There's nowhere to download this font from Microsoft either. The errors are frustrating.

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  4. Stefan Blom 351.3K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2024-01-23T00:43:20+00:00

    We should be able modify the font used for +body and +heading styles in the "Office" theme.

    You can change the theme colors. You can even create a custom theme (body as well as heading font).

    In a new message in Outlook (classic Outlook for Windows), go to the Format Text tab; in the Styles group, click Change Styles and then click Fonts. You can choose a predefined font or you can use Customize Fonts to create your own body & heading font combination.

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    Use the Set as Default command to save your newly applied fonts.

    The corresponding options in Word for Windows are accessed via the Design tab:

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-01-24T01:29:56+00:00

    Interesting that the typeface in this community forum is not Aptos, but Segoe UI.

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