From PC Mag: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has very strong feelings about the typeface used in his department, and has demanded that diplomats dump Calibri and return to Times New Roman, according to a memo obtained by The New York Times.
Rubio calls Calibri "informal" compared to Times New Roman, which is a more traditional, serif font. He claims it clashes with the department's official letterhead and that reverting to Times New Roman will "restore decorum and professionalism to the department’s written work."
For the record, Calibri is no Comic Sans. It replaced Times New Roman as the standard in Microsoft Office in 2007, and offers a more modern, yet professional look. (Times New Roman's roots go back to 1923.) However, the State Department continued to use Times New Roman until 2023, when then-Secretary of State Anthony Blinken made the switch with a memo titled "The Times (New Roman) are a-Changin," according to The Washington Post.
The move was a recommendation from Blinken's office of diversity and inclusion, with the goal of making it easier for people with disabilities to read department documents on screen readers and other assistive technologies.
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