There’s a new serif in town

[Voluntarist]

Rubio stages font coup: Times New Roman ousts Calibri

WASHINGTON, Dec 9 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor Antony Blinken's decision to adopt Calibri a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.

The department under Blinken in early January 2023 had switched to Calibri, a modern sans-serif font, saying this was a more accessible font for people with disabilities because it did not have the decorative angular features and was the default in Microsoft products.

A cable dated December 9 sent to all U.S. diplomatic posts said that typography shapes the professionalism of an official document and Calibri is informal compared to serif typefaces.

"To restore decorum and professionalism to the Department’s written work products and abolish yet another wasteful DEIA program, the Department is returning to Times New Roman as its standard typeface," the cable said.

 

[CCTelander]

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I didn’t think one couldvrender Times New Roman in crayon.

But if they wanted to use a font that conveys “decorum” and how seriously they should be taken… I don’t know. Maybe Carnivale Freakshow.

Just a thought.

 

[unknown]

Yah but did Izrael give the ok?

 

[TheTexan]

Yah but did Izrael give the ok?

I don't think they would have done it otherwise

 

[Voluntarist]

I didn’t think one could render Times New Roman in crayon.

Marco's been struggling to stay inside the lines of the Trump administration; which, admittedly, is a moving target. But I thought the official writing instrument within the Trump administration was the Sharpie

Trivia: Trump broke with the tradition of ballpoint pens dating back to LBJ. JFK used a cartridge-fed fountain pen, while both Truman and Eisenhower used traditional fountain pens. And the $2,000 double Jeopardy answer in "Presidential Writing Instruments" is ... "Writing instrument used by Presidents Washington through Jackson"