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Rubio stages font coup: Times New Roman ousts Calibri

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386 points italophil | 1 comments | 10 Dec 25 00:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.249s | source
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js2 ◴[10 Dec 25 01:48 UTC] No.46213112[source]▶
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

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porridgeraisin ◴[10 Dec 25 13:56 UTC] No.46217754[source]▶
HN commentors on this font change harp on about how it's a waste of time (which it of course is), but that font change seemed to receive a more bland reaction. Funny.
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1. causal ◴[10 Dec 25 22:50 UTC] No.46225114[source]▶
Well yeah? It's not about the font, it's about the pettiness of the declared reasons for the reversal