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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/
37•italophil•2h ago

Comments

manoDev•1h ago
Hilarious. It could be a Mike Judge script.
ranger_danger•1h ago
"Do I look like I know what a jay-peg is?"
rsynnott•1h ago
This is Michael Scott levels of managerial nonsense, bloody hell.

Is Trump incapable of hiring anyone borderline competent?

QuercusMax•1h 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•43m ago
Dear Lord... I'd not picked up on this- if true (I need to validate it for myself).
soupfordummies•1h 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•1h 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.
wvbdmp•29m ago
Is that even true? The article is really vague on the type of disability and basically just claims that serifs are harder to read.

Generally sans-serif is advisable for small sizes, although I assume the main things are large open counters, tall x-height and low stroke contrast.

I’ve often read that dyslexics favor strongly distinctive characters and “grounded”, bottom-heavy letterforms. I feel like serifs actually sound pretty good there.

It’s also important to consider whether such studies were conducted before or after high-PPI displays became prevalent and leveled the playing field for serifs.

bigtones•1h ago
I had to check this was actually Reuters and not The Onion. eye roll
chuckadams•1h ago
Apparently sans-serif is "woke" or something. Cleek's Law meets Poe's.
ggm•1h ago
But you [sometimes] still have to use courier filing in the courts?
CaliforniaKarl•53m 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•52m 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•52m 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.

whoisthemachine•31m ago
Compare this:

> calling his predecessor Antony Blinken's decision to adopt Calibri a "wasteful" diversity move

to

> SECRETARY BLINKEN: First, I’m called to make very weighty decisions (inaudible).

> QUESTION: Oh. Type joke.

> SECRETARY BLINKEN: And I’m always trying to be a font of wisdom, (inaudible).

Just... ugh. People voted for all of this non-stop vitriol? I'd like to have a post that added something meaningful but all I have to add is frustration with humanity.

SanjayMehta•51m ago
His boss' posts on Truth Social should be in Comic Sans.
Gualdrapo•8m ago
Just remember that when the CERN announced they finally could prove the existence of the Higgs boson, they did it using Comic Sans

https://blog.scottlogic.com/2012/07/05/the-higgs-boson-comic...

idatum•49m 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."

jaredklewis•33m ago
“Sometimes I get emotional over fonts.”

- Kanye West

elzbardico•43m 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.
js2•27m ago
Previously:

Times New Roman is being phased out at the State Department, replaced by Calibri

207 points|danso|3 years ago|256 comments

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34427504

impure•23m ago
Oh how the mighty have fallen.
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