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
    2024-01-24T14:37:04+00:00

    Thank you Stefan. I am aware of those settings and custom options for the Office apps.

    However, for some reason I still have minor issues with the 3rd party apps, such as Adobe products, that warn me about Aptos not being available, and substituting it with Times New Roman. Even though I don't use Aptos font anywhere in my Adobe docs and templates. It's somehow picking up the +Body and +Heading styles from Office. It may be due to some text copied and pasted from the Edge browser.

    If Office is rolling out this new font family, why does my Windows 11 OS not have Aptos font installed? Why is Aptos font not available in something like the Microsoft Store? Why make people use the font, but not install it? Where can users get the Aptos font?

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  2. Stefan Blom 351.3K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2024-01-24T18:37:23+00:00

    I am not sure, but I suspect that Aptos is available as a "cloud" font at the moment. I haven't installed it, and it does seem to work in Office applications, only.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-02-06T12:50:20+00:00

    Aptos is horrible.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-02-06T14:28:00+00:00

    Hi All,

    I had the same issue this morning.

    A Google search lead me here:

    https://superuser.com/questions/732299/how-to-change-the-body-font-in-outlook

    This thread is 10 years old but it worked for me to change back to Calibri.

    Close Outlook and any other Office programs before you do this or you will get a "open as read only" message when you try to edit.

    Go to C:\Users(your username here)\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates

    AppData is a hidden file so you will have to show hidden items in the view menu.

    View>Show>Hidden Items

    Right-click the NormailEmail.dotm template and click Open (not New).

    Go to the Design tab, click the Fonts button/dropdown and blick to Customize Fonts.

    There you can change the default Body font to whatever you want. Note that you're only changing the typeface itself, not color, size etc.

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    I changed the font back to Calibri and saved the changes as +Body (the default was Custom1 in the name field).

    Opened Outlook and my +Body font is fixed.

    I hope this helps.

    Best Regards,

    Mark Nabb

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