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Calibri font becomes the latest DEI target as Rubio orders return to Times New Roman (apnews.com)
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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.
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[–] Wytch@lemmy.zip 26 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The fuck does this administration know about dignity

[–] trolololol@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

It's projection and grift. Once you see it like this everything makes sense.

[–] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 24 points 2 days ago

Well, that's sure to give America the shot in the arm it needs to become great again!

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[–] Good4Nuthin@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Kinda surprised they didn’t pick Comic Sans.

[–] Bonus@piefed.social 9 points 1 day ago

They lack the self awareness

[–] tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 3 points 2 days ago

Comic sans is dei.

[–] Ele7en7@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This is ridiculous... Trebuchet is the superior font.

[–] Bahnd@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Only in the trebuch region of France, everything else is just sparkling typeface.

[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Really superior would be a monospace font.

[–] rimu@piefed.social 11 points 2 days ago

Seems like they are running low on ideas.

[–] Greyghoster@aussie.zone 6 points 2 days ago

Short of anything else to say, they have to sweat the big issues.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I guess using Helvetica makes me a damned Liberal

[–] moondaddy@piefed.social 4 points 1 day ago

Possibly a terrorist.

[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

It makes you one of them:

[–] Bonus@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago

Of the International Style

[–] MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

And that's how they lowered grocery prices.

[–] moondaddy@piefed.social 4 points 1 day ago

Is there a Trickle Down font?

[–] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I mean, I kinda think Serif fonts are superior, so I'm on board, but I don't like it.

[–] silly_crotch@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

"The dumbest person you know just made a great point" meme energy.

[–] refalo@programming.dev 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

And yet the previous secretary was making font nerd jokes on NPR when he changed it last time.

[–] pixelmeow@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Section 508 cancellation when?