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Rubio stages font coup: Times New Roman ousts Calibri

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386 points italophil | 8 comments | 10 Dec 25 00:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.922s | source | bottom
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chinathrow ◴[11 Dec 25 07:47 UTC] No.46228736[source]▶
> U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor Antony Blinken's decision to adopt Calibri a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.

What a waste of government time and spending.

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ksynwa ◴[11 Dec 25 08:51 UTC] No.46229084[source]▶
Calibri is woke?
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klez ◴[11 Dec 25 09:29 UTC] No.46229341[source]▶
The point being that if the change to Calibri has been done to improve accessibility (hence: inclusion) that makes it woke.

Which is stupid, of course, especially considering that sans-serif fonts improve readability on screens for most people, not for a minority.

EDIT: extraneous "don't" in the middle of a sentence

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1. goku12 ◴[11 Dec 25 10:15 UTC] No.46229603[source]▶
So what next? Wheelchair ramps? Seats for the elderly and the pregnant? Accessibility features don't displace or even inconvenience the majority in any manner. They only make facilities accessible to an additional crowd, who should be getting them as a matter of right in the first place. What's the end game here?
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2. ndsipa_pomu ◴[11 Dec 25 10:17 UTC] No.46229624[source]▶
Cruelty is the point
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3. ManBeardPc ◴[11 Dec 25 10:29 UTC] No.46229714[source]▶
The endgame is to normalize punishing groups/individuals for any reason on a whim of the ones in charge. Start with minorities and people who can’t defend themselves, then later you can do easier to anyone who gets inconvenient. Despotism 101.
4. ZeroGravitas ◴[11 Dec 25 12:16 UTC] No.46230443[source]▶
They've been talking about rolling back "DEIA" since they got in power. The A is "accessibility" so they're not hiding this.
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5. Propelloni ◴[11 Dec 25 12:32 UTC] No.46230590[source]▶
That does not make it right.
6. dionian ◴[11 Dec 25 15:01 UTC] No.46232224[source]▶
Font changes are cruel?
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7. ndsipa_pomu ◴[11 Dec 25 15:32 UTC] No.46232628{3}[source]▶
They can be if a font is chosen due to it being easier to read for some people and then it's reverted so that those people will then struggle to read. It's akin to removing ramps from shops to make it awkward for those in wheelchairs.
8. rbanffy ◴[11 Dec 25 20:40 UTC] No.46236848[source]▶
> What's the end game here?

There's no end game in particular.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/10/the-cruelt...