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Rubio stages font coup: Times New Roman ousts Calibri

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386 points italophil | 5 comments | 10 Dec 25 00:08 UTC | HN request time: 0s | 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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carlosjobim ◴[11 Dec 25 03:43 UTC] No.46227403[source]▶
That doesn't make much sense, since a typewriter will neither type Calibri nor Times New Roman. And OCR should only be needed for type written documents, because any document made with Calibri or TNR is already digital.
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contact9879 ◴[11 Dec 25 04:08 UTC] No.46227546{3}[source]▶
printed documents, images, horribly inaccessible pdfs, horribly inaccessible websites
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1. carlosjobim ◴[11 Dec 25 05:01 UTC] No.46227862{4}[source]▶
> Printed documents - Use the original, which is digital.

> Images - Use the original, which is digital.

> horribly inaccessible pdfs - Use the original, which has real text in the PDF

> horribly inaccessible websites - All text on any web site is digital. Nobody uses OCR on a website.

A massive paper producer like the government shouldn't adopt their type setting to people who are using technology wrongly.

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2. contact9879 ◴[11 Dec 25 05:14 UTC] No.46227921[source]▶
an example from today (pdf warning): https://www.ntsb.gov/news/Documents/National%20Defense%20Aut...
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3. contact9879 ◴[11 Dec 25 05:18 UTC] No.46227938[source]▶
it's easier to mandate font than to excise all processes within the fed bureaucracy that result in these.

images being digital have no bearing on OCR ability

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4. carlosjobim ◴[11 Dec 25 16:24 UTC] No.46233382[source]▶
God damn...

Why didn't they fax it back and forth a few times as well, just for good measure?

5. carlosjobim ◴[11 Dec 25 16:25 UTC] No.46233409[source]▶
Images: use the original, which is a digital text document and not an image.

Unless they are making documents on typewriters. And in those cases neither Biden or Trump font is an option.