NPR's Scott Simon discusses the science of font forensics and the art of setting fonts with Jonathan Hoefler of the type foundry Hoefler and Frere-Jones. Accessibility links.

Times New Roman: Classic For a Reason . Times New Roman is, in some ways, a relic of the past. If you're old enough, you may remember a time when it was considered the default font for Microsoft Word.

Graphic design is my passion so naturally I love the vintage, 1990s WordArt. This was a feature in Microsoft Word that allowed you to create timeless “3D” renderings of any text you wanted.

Microsoft has changed the default font in Word with one of the latest updates. Instead of Calibri for normal text and Calibri Light for headings, the fonts Aptos and Aptos Display are now preset.