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The height of the letter "t" is extremely short, especially in comparison to "l" and "b". This makes it very hard to read as it affects the shape of words at a glance.

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That‘s the traditional height, see almost every typeface that‘s used for book printing. Only in the computer world has the excessively long t been dominant.

And handwriting styles that are commonly taught in schools today?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%27Nealian

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmer_Method

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaner-Bloser_(teaching_script)

All have full height t, and predate computers (significantly in the case of the latter two)

The t is much shorter in comparison to b and i in Helvetica Neue and Calibri too. I didn't see that much of a jarring difference with Aptos.

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