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		ranting-moth on July 14, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Aptos, our modern successor to Calibri Aptos: almost but not quite Helvetica.

WillAdams on July 14, 2023 [–]

Yeah, but MS won't use Helvetica because:

- NeXT used it (and properly paid for a license)

- Linotype sued them over the early Windows stroke fonts Roman and Sans being aliased to "Tms Rmn" and "Helv"

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