At first glance (not knowing who the designers were) it reminded me a bit of the Audi font which also evokes Verdana... https://boldmonday.com/custom/audi/ (View Post)
As annoying and unjust as this may seem to you, public squabbles do not help promote a good perception of the font community. I would pick another battle. (View Post)
You can test this yourself. Crate a document using a couple of different fonts. Save it out. Then turn on embedding and save and see if the file size gets bigger. (View Post)