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Rubio stages font coup: Times New Roman ousts Calibri

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386 points italophil | 2 comments | 10 Dec 25 00:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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WhyOhWhyQ ◴[10 Dec 25 22:35 UTC] No.46224941[source]▶
Is Calibri actually more accessible? Every step of this story seems pointless and fake.
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papercrane ◴[10 Dec 25 22:41 UTC] No.46224996[source]▶
One of the reasons Calibri was selected over Times New Roman was it has a lower rate of OCR transcription errors, making documents using it easier for people using screen readers.
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blueflow ◴[10 Dec 25 23:05 UTC] No.46225285[source]▶
Link on that, as OCR should be more reliable with Times New Roman due to significant serifs.
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papercrane ◴[10 Dec 25 23:28 UTC] No.46225527{3}[source]▶
The memo at the time said the serifs can cause OCR issues.

https://x.com/John_Hudson/status/1615486871571935232

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1. opo ◴[11 Dec 25 00:47 UTC] No.46226222{4}[source]▶
Just because they claimed it, doesn't make it true. OCR and screen reader software in 2023 did not have problems with serifs.
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2. ◴[11 Dec 25 01:26 UTC] No.46226543[source]▶