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Rubio stages font coup: Times New Roman ousts Calibri

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386 points italophil | 2 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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1. throwaway8582 ◴[11 Dec 25 16:00 UTC] No.46233031[source]▶
> What a waste of government time and spending

Was the switch to Calibri in 2023 also a waste of time and money, or are font switches only bad when the Trump administration does them?

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2. ryoshoe ◴[11 Dec 25 16:07 UTC] No.46233124[source]▶
If the belief is that switching a font is wasteful, why is the solution is to switch fonts again?