Is Times New Roman Better Than Calibri for the State Department?

The State Department’s order noted that Calibri in a 15-point size had been “recommended as an accessibility best practice” during the Biden administration, and described the change as “yet another ...

Calibri’s Run-In With Rubio Wasn’t Its First Controversy

The typeface, the target of the State Department’s typographical about-face, has been entangled in politics before.

Marco Rubio instructs diplomats to use Times New Roman font, eliminating Biden-era DEI initiative

Secretary of State Marco Rubio directed all diplomats to revert back to using the Times New Roman typeface in official ...

Calibri font becomes the latest DEI target as Rubio orders return to Times New Roman

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ordered diplomatic correspondence to stop using the Calibri font and ...
CNN

‘I’m feeling gaslit by my own computer’: Why a small change by Microsoft was a big jolt for some users

Stef Luthin squinted at her laptop screen. Something seemed off that January morning, but at first, she couldn’t pinpoint it. Then, the 25-year-old social media marketing coordinator in Chicago ...
The New Yorker

Calibri’s Scandalous History

Lucas de Groot, a Dutch typeface designer living in Berlin, recently began receiving a flood of calls and e-mails from Pakistan that, he said, “seemed very urgent.” He soon discovered that Calibri, a ...