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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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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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throw__away7391 ◴[11 Dec 25 11:34 UTC] No.46230134[source]▶
I read the title of this and as I could not wrap my head around the idea of "Rubio" here actually meaning Marco Rubio, I assumed this was a font name, but also laughing to myself just how hilariously absurd it would be for the Secretary of State to involved in picking fonts...only to click the link and discover that yes, it is exactly that absurd.
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hopelite ◴[11 Dec 25 14:12 UTC] No.46231595[source]▶
Did you have that kind of reaction, that it’s absurd, when Blinken ordered the use of Calibri after ~20 years of consistent use of Times New Roman?

It is objectively more concerning and “absurd”, regardless of “team”, that Blinken arbitrarily introduced fragmentation by adding an additional font to official government communications when a convention had been established across government to use Times New Roman.

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1. fortyseven ◴[11 Dec 25 15:02 UTC] No.46232233{3}[source]▶
Sure, this is a good point, but only if you completely ignore the the accessibility gains provided by the change. But I'm guessing rationality wasn't on the menu when this was written.