To understand the importance of Version 7.00, it helps to look back at why Arial was created. Designed in 1982 by Robin Nicholas and Patricia Saunders for Monotype, Arial was originally developed as a high-quality bitmap font for laser printers.
Web developers use Arial as a reliable fallback font in CSS font stacks ( font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ). Because it is pre-installed on nearly all devices, Version 7.00 guarantees that web pages load quickly without layout shifts (CLS), even when custom web fonts fail to load. Accessibility and Assistive Technologies
