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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: 0s | source
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nelox ◴[11 Dec 25 08:35 UTC] No.46228995[source]▶
Reuters calling the switch a "font" change instead of a typeface change is troubling, though consistent with a society that now casually refers to all pasta as "spaghetti". A typeface is the design; a font is its specific instance. This is basic knowledge, taught to children, houseplants, and most domesticated goats.

A simple correction would stop this spiral, but Reuters appears committed to forging a bold new era in which terminology is chosen at random, like drawing Scrabble tiles from a bag and declaring them journalism.

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1. oneeyedpigeon ◴[11 Dec 25 11:19 UTC] No.46230030[source]▶
> Reuters calling the switch a "font" change instead of a typeface change is troubling

Come on, they're writing for a general audience, not a bunch of pedantic typographers and developers.

> a society that now casually refers to all pasta as "spaghetti"

I have never experienced this; in what contexts have you?

> taught to children

We were 100%, never taught this (in the UK).

> A simple correction would stop this spiral

It wouldn't, it would just mean fewer people understood what the story was about.