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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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JKCalhoun ◴[11 Dec 25 14:27 UTC] No.46231787[source]▶
"wasteful diversity move"

Wild. I'm curious now if someone has an ordered list of fonts from the gayest to the straightest.

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1. stetrain ◴[11 Dec 25 16:23 UTC] No.46233368{3}[source]▶
If changing fonts once was a wasteful empty gesture that they used to pat themselves on the back and which didn't benefit anyone, then isn't changing it a second time the exact same thing?
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2. fragrom ◴[11 Dec 25 16:46 UTC] No.46233711[source]▶
No, you see, it's only wasteful when the OTHER guy does it. /s