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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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mikkupikku ◴[11 Dec 25 11:04 UTC] No.46229932[source]▶

>>46228736 #

How much will it cost to change fonts?

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rathole26 ◴[11 Dec 25 12:38 UTC] No.46230656[source]▶

>>46229932 #

To change tens to hundreds of millions of documents, roughly 50-200M USD.

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1. mikkupikku ◴[11 Dec 25 12:51 UTC] No.46230752{3}[source]▶

>>46230656 #

A dollar a doc? Sounds like a sweet job.

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Rubio stages font coup: Times New Roman ousts Calibri