Aptos font
Aptos is a neo-grotesque sans serif by Steve Matteson, from Microsoft. It is part of Microsoft 365, as a cloud font. FontKind hasn’t measured it, so the free fonts below stand beside it by their own description and by class, not by measurement.
Aptos itself comes from your device, if it is installed
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Your copy · Aptos, from your device
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Free for commercial useOFL
Fonts like Inter02by class
Free for commercial useOFL
Fonts like Roboto03by class
IBM Plex Sans
Google Fonts classes it with the neo-grotesque sans serifs
Find the font. Find its kind.Free for commercial useOFL
Fonts like IBM Plex Sans04by class
Bricolage Grotesque
Google Fonts classes it with the neo-grotesque sans serifs
Find the font. Find its kind.Free for commercial useOFL
Fonts like Bricolage Grotesque05by class
Free for commercial useOFL
Fonts like Manrope06by class
Free for commercial useUbuntu Font Licence
Fonts like Ubuntu
Not measured against Aptos: FontKind has no licensed copy of it. “By description” means the free font’s own description names Aptos or its model; “by class”, that Google Fonts gives it the same class. Every one is free for commercial use.
About Aptos
- Designed by
- Steve MattesonSource: Wikipedia: Aptos (typeface) , Microsoft: font list
- First issued
- MicrosoftSource: Wikipedia: Aptos (typeface) , Microsoft: font list
- Class
- Neo-grotesque sans serifSource: Wikipedia: Aptos (typeface) , Microsoft: font list
- Comes with
- Microsoft 365, as a cloud font: AptosSource: Microsoft: cloud fonts in Office
- Also
- Microsoft made it the default font of Office in place of Calibri; it was first called Bierstadt.Source: Wikipedia: Aptos (typeface)
Read by hand on 1 October 2026 from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), Microsoft’s and Apple’s lists of their fonts, Monotype’s list of its trademarks and the foundries’ and shops’ own pages. The references are linked beside each fact; a page that sells or hands out the font is not, so a fact read only there shows no link.
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Questions about Aptos
Is Aptos free?
Free where Microsoft gives it: Aptos is part of Microsoft 365, as a cloud font for Word, PowerPoint and Excel. Other uses, a website for one, need a licence: Microsoft licenses its fonts through Monotype. The free fonts on this page are free for commercial use too, under open licences.
Who designed Aptos?
Aptos was designed by Steve Matteson, and issued by Microsoft.
Can I use Aptos in Word, Google Docs or Canva?
In Word, yes, with Microsoft 365: Aptos is one of its cloud fonts, which Word downloads when you pick it. Google Docs adds fonts from Google Fonts, and Aptos isn’t one of them; of the free fonts on this page, Inter, Roboto and IBM Plex Sans are there, under More fonts. Canva publishes no list of its fonts: search its font menu, or, with Canva Pro, upload a font whose licence allows it.
What is the closest free alternative to Aptos?
FontKind hasn’t measured Aptos: it has no licensed copy of it, so this page doesn’t rank free fonts by how close they come. Inter, Roboto and IBM Plex Sans are neo-grotesque sans serifs in Google Fonts’ own classification, the class FontKind matches to Aptos.