Rubio stages font coup: Times New Roman ousts Calibri

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/rubio-stages-font-coup-times-new-roman-ousts-calibri-2025-12-09/

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manoDev•39m ago

Hilarious. It could be a Mike Judge script.

ranger_danger•27m ago

"Do I look like I know what a jay-peg is?"

rsynnott•35m ago

This is Michael Scott levels of managerial nonsense, bloody hell.

Is Trump incapable of hiring anyone borderline competent?

QuercusMax•28m ago

The only thing these morons understand are surface level appearances. That's why we have so many TV people.

- Trump: The Apprentice

- Defense: Hegseth: Fox News

- Transportation: Sean Duffy: Real World / Road Rules

- Education: Linda McMahon: WWE (yes, wrestling)

... I don't feel like going any further, it's too depressing.

Edit: I just realized that Duffy is SecTrans because he was on Road Rules.

butvacuum•9m ago

Dear Lord... I'd not picked up on this- if true (I need to validate it for myself).

soupfordummies•31m ago

"[Rubio] ...calling his predecessor Antony Blinken's decision to adopt Calibri a "wasteful" diversity move..."

Bro what. It was the default font in Microsoft for many years thus, it was the default font for most office software for many years -- just like Times New Roman was before.

What.

QuercusMax•26m ago

The article says it's better than Times New Roman because it's easier to read for those with disabilities - so of course the government needs to make things worse for them. Wonder if someone could sue over these kinds of changes that are being deliberately made to be less accessible.

bigtones•28m ago

I had to check this was actually Reuters and not The Onion. eye roll

chuckadams•26m ago

Apparently sans-serif is "woke" or something. Cleek's Law meets Poe's.

ggm•26m ago

But you [sometimes] still have to use courier filing in the courts?

CaliforniaKarl•19m ago

You follow the style guide or rules for the court in which you are filing. The US Supreme Court, for example, does not use Courier.

dragonwriter•18m ago

The Supreme Court requires Century (which for any use other than maybe a newspaper is infinitely better than Times New Roman—and for a newspaper, Times is better than TNR.)

ranger_danger•18m ago

https://2021-2025.state.gov/secretary-antony-j-blinken-on-np...

Secretary Antony Blinken on NPR's Wait Wait...Don’t Tell Me! About the U.S. Department of State moving from Times New Roman to Calibri.

SanjayMehta•17m ago

His boss' posts on Truth Social should be in Comic Sans.

idatum•15m ago

I love how people are passionate about fonts. Search for the 2017 Saturday Night Live skit with Ryan Gosling "Papyrus". It captures the obsession!

"It’s like they spent $300 million on the movie, and then.. They just used Papyrus."

elzbardico•9m ago

I like serif fonts, but never liked Times New Roman too much. Printed, in high resolution, it is kind of ok, but I absolutely abhor it on displays. Which is where we read things 99% of the time nowadays.

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