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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: 0.241s | source
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thayne ◴[11 Dec 25 00:09 UTC] No.46225935[source]▶
> calling his predecessor Antony Blinken's decision to adopt Calibri a "wasteful" diversity move

And changing it back to Times New Roman isn't wasteful?

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1. stickfigure ◴[11 Dec 25 00:29 UTC] No.46226098[source]▶
Whether or not serifs actually make text harder to read, at least there is some plausible justification for the original change. Maybe it was stupid at the time, but it's done.

The justification here is petty and wasteful on its face.