I don't understand why the changed the default font.
In the post it says:
> For 15 years ... Calibri was Microsoft’s default font ... but as you know, our relationship has come to a natural end [link here]. We changed. The technology we use every day has changed.
Do we know? I followed the link, and it says:
> Calibri ... has served us all well, but we believe it’s time to evolve. To help us set a new direction
and this sounds like there's really no reason. In the fashion industry, they arbitrarily change things every year because this planned obsolescence means they sell more clothes, but it's not like MS will see its bottom line grow with artificial inflation of font license sales.
Going back to the first paragraph - what's actually changed? Font technology? Not fundamentally. I suppose there is the evolution of OpenType specification:
In the post it says:
> For 15 years ... Calibri was Microsoft’s default font ... but as you know, our relationship has come to a natural end [link here]. We changed. The technology we use every day has changed.
Do we know? I followed the link, and it says:
> Calibri ... has served us all well, but we believe it’s time to evolve. To help us set a new direction
and this sounds like there's really no reason. In the fashion industry, they arbitrarily change things every year because this planned obsolescence means they sell more clothes, but it's not like MS will see its bottom line grow with artificial inflation of font license sales.
Going back to the first paragraph - what's actually changed? Font technology? Not fundamentally. I suppose there is the evolution of OpenType specification:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenType
but why should that require a font redesign? Are there specific capabilities that Calibri didn't make use of, and could not be refined into using?
Finally, we read about how the designer
> ... wanted Aptos to have ... the astute tone of The Late Show host Stephen Colbert.
seriously?