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.

Rubio orders State Department to change official memo font, citing DEI issue: Official

The State Department has changed its font for memos to Times New Roman, reversing a two-year old rule that was designed to ...

The State Department reinstates an old font, in a typeface about-face

The State Department is swapping out Calibri for Times New Roman in all its official documents, reversing a Biden-era change ...

At State Dept., a Typeface Falls Victim in the War Against Woke

Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the Biden-era move to the sans serif typeface “wasteful,” casting the return to Times ...

Calibri font is the latest casualty in the Trump administration's war on diversity and inclusion

Secretary of State Marco Rubio directed U.S. diplomats worldwide to use Times New Roman 14-point font for official documents, ...

Designer Laughs at Little Marco’s Meltdown Over His ‘Woke’ Typeface

Sans-serif typefaces, found in Daily Beast headlines, do not have flicks at the ends of letters and numbers and are regarded ...

‘The Daily Show’ Roasts Marco Rubio’s ‘Woke’ Font Fight: ‘A Pathetic Attempt to Start a Culture War’ | Video

The Daily Show” slammed Marco Rubio for wasting his time policing “woke” font usage at the State Department, blasting it as a ...

Forget the war on drugs. The US has gone to war on a font

The department under Blinken in early January 2023 had switched to Calibri, a modern sans-serif font, saying this was a more ...