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Aptos is a Sans Serif typeface from Steve Matteson, published by Microsoft Corporation.
Aptos is a Sans Serif typeface from Steve Matteson, published by Microsoft Corporation.
Why you should consider Aptos
Buy Aptos on MyFonts: https://www.myfonts.com/collections/aptos-font-microsoft-corporation. Designed by Steve Matteson and published by Microsoft Corporation, the family ships as both Webfont and Desktop formats and groups 28 distinct styles. The range includes Narrow, Display, Mono and Serif subfamilies alongside a full set of weights and italics for broad typographic use.
Visual character
Aptos presents a restrained, contemporary voice: regular cuts show open counters and a moderate x‑height that favors legibility at small sizes, while stroke contrast remains modest across weights. Display and Narrow cuts tighten proportions for headline use, and the family explicitly includes Mono and Serif variants plus heavy Black weights, giving designers clear options for hierarchy and technical layouts.
Best use cases
- System and product UI where clear on‑screen text is needed (App UI)
- Responsive site body and headline pairing via webfonts (Web)
- Large-format editorial and poster headlines using Display and Black cuts
Font pairing ideas
- Humanist serif for long reading: a warm, humanist serif complements Aptos’s open counters and modest contrast to improve comfort in long-form blocks of text.
- Condensed grotesque or condensed sans for compact captions: tighter, more condensed sans cuts echo Aptos Narrow’s compactness for dense interfaces and caption work.
- Monospaced family for technical contexts: pairing a mono for code blocks or tabular data provides clear functional contrast against Aptos’s proportional text styles.
Font Features
- Available as Webfont and Desktop (listed on MyFonts)
- Complete family contains 28 styles across weights, widths and variants
- Includes italics for matching slanted styles and OpenType glyph listings
- OpenType variants noted on the product page (small caps, alternates, ligatures may be present and accessible in OT-aware apps)
What’s Included
- Complete family: 28 fonts (family package)
- Individual styles sold separately
- Webfont and Desktop formats available
- Per-style glyph listings include OpenType variants
Pricing
- Individual styles from $49.00 USD (as listed)
- Complete family of 28 fonts: $899.00 USD
- Page also lists a per-style value of $32.10 USD in some buying views
Font details
- Font Style: Sans Serif
- Font Mood: Modern and Minimal
- Font Use Case: Web, Poster, and App UI
- Designer: Steve Matteson
- Foundry: Microsoft Corporation
- Family package contains 28 fonts (page copy) (Source: Aptos contains 28 styles and family package options.)
- Offered as Webfont & Desktop on MyFonts (page header) (Source: Webfont & Desktop)
- Includes named variants: Narrow, Display, Mono, Serif, Black, ExtraBold (style list) (Source: Aptos Regular Aptos Light Aptos Light Italic Aptos Italic Aptos SemiBold Aptos SemiBold Italic Aptos Bold Aptos Bold Italic Aptos ExtraBold Aptos ExtraBold Italic Aptos Black Aptos Black Italic Aptos Narrow Aptos Narrow Italic Aptos Narrow Bold Aptos Narrow Bold Italic Aptos Display Aptos Display Italic Aptos Display Bold Aptos Display Bold Italic Aptos Mono Aptos Mono Italic Aptos Mono Bold Aptos Mono Bold Italic Aptos Serif Aptos Serif Italic Aptos Serif Bold Aptos Serif Bold Italic Per Style:)
