U.S. Secretary of State Bans Calibri Font as U.S. Diplomacy Returns to Times New Roman
A sans serif font, Secretary of State Marco Rubio just decreed, is simply inadequate for world-class diplomacy.
Rubio on Tuesday ordered the agency to immediately cease using the Calibri font and go back to Times New Roman in official communications, reversing another Biden administration policy intended to help employees who are visually impaired or have low-vision issues.
In a secure memo to staff with the subject line “Return to Tradition: Times New Roman 14-Point Font Required for All Department Paper,” he described the decision of predecessor Antony Blinken — directing the department to use a larger sans serif font in high-level internal documents — as a "wasteful" diversity move. Rubio labeled Times New Roman "more formal and professional."
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