""Return to Tradition: Times New Roman 14-Point Font Required for All Department Paper,""
""Switching to Calibri achieved nothing except the degradation of the department's official correspondence," Rubio said in the memo."
""That's because the font is 'informal' and clashes with the State Department's letterhead, according to Rubio, while serif fonts like Times New Roman 'connote tradition, formality and ceremony.'""
""was not among the department's most illegal, immoral, radical or wasteful instances of D.E.I.A.,""
The US Department of State is reversing a 2023 decision to standardize Calibri and is requiring Times New Roman 14-point for all department papers. Secretary of State Marco Rubio justified the change as restoring professionalism, calling Calibri 'informal' and saying it degraded official correspondence and clashed with State Department letterhead. Rubio described serif fonts like Times New Roman as connoting tradition, formality, and ceremony. Former Secretary Antony Blinken had adopted Calibri in 2023 to improve accessibility because sans-serif fonts work better with screen readers and text-to-speech tools. The change aligns with the current administration's broader rollback of DEI-related initiatives.
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