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Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ordered diplomatic correspondence to stop using the Calibri font and return to the more traditional Times New Roman effective Wednesday, reversing a Biden administration shift to the less formal typeface that he called wasteful, confusing and unbefitting the dignity of U.S. government documents.

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[–] Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works 27 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

[…] he said the 2023 shift to the sans serif Calibri font emerged from misguided diversity, equity and inclusion policies pursued by his predecessor, Antony Blinken. […] ^[1.2]^ “Although switching to Calibri was not among the department’s most illegal, immoral, radical or wasteful instances of DEI it was nonetheless cosmetic” […] ^[1.1]^.

Reads, to me, as if it were a quote straight out of The Onion.

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  1. Type: Article. Title: "Calibri font becomes the latest DEI target as Rubio orders return to Times New Roman". Author: "Matthew Lee". Published (Modified): 2025-12-10T09:52-08:00. Accessed: 2025-12-11T01:20Z. URI: https://apnews.com/article/rubio-state-department-fonts-calibri-times-new-roman-1fcdc92f8229efd515fe44ae9ca16137.
    1. Type: Text. Location: ¶7.
    2. Type: Text. Location: ¶3.