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fromwww.theguardian.com
4 hours ago

Font of wasteful' diversity: Trump's state department orders return to Times New Roman

A state department cable dated 9 December sent to all US diplomatic posts said that typography shapes the professionalism of an official document and Calibri is informal compared to serif typefaces. To restore decorum and professionalism to the Department's written work products and abolish yet another wasteful DEIA program, the Department is returning to Times New Roman as its standard typeface, the cable said.
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fromOpen Culture
2 months ago

Explore a New Digital Edition of Printing Types, the Authoritative History of Printing & Typography from 1922

Times New Roman has been in use since 1931 and became a default font; American printers like the Merrymount Press adopted it alongside influential typographic works.
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