Marco RubioUS Secretary of State, ordered the State Department (TWOfor its acronym in English) Reuse the Times New Roman font as the default font in official documents. This decision reverses the action taken during the Biden administration that implemented this Calibri font.
The news was conveyed by the Secretary of State in a telegram to all U.S. diplomatic missions. The memorandum stipulates that typography determines the professionalism of an official documentunlike Calibri, which classifies it as “informal.”
“This formatting standard is consistent with the President’s directive ‘One Voice for America’s Foreign Affairs’ and underscores the goals of the State Department.” Present a consistent and professional voice throughout all communications.”Rubio stated in the letter, as noted Reuters.
The measure comes two years after then-Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken At the recommendation of the Diversity Office, the font was changed to Calibri.
The change was intended to improve accessibility Readers with disabilities such as visual impairment and dyslexia. Something loud Blondcould not be specified.
“While the move to Calibri was not one of the most illegal, immoral, radical, or wasteful examples of DEI in the department, it was still one Cosmetics“said the secretary. And he added: “The change has brought nothing, except humiliating departmental correspondence”.
Times New Roman was once again officially implemented Wednesday December 10th in all official US document templates.
The only exceptions to the regulations are Papers prepared for international treaties and presidential appointmentswhich must use the 12-point Courier New font as specified AP.
Times New Roman was introduced by the newspaper in 1932 The times from Londonafter type designer Stanley Morison criticized them for not using modern fonts, it is said New York Public Library.
In response: The outlet asked the designer to create something better. So Morison, with the help of Cartoonist Victor Lardent, conceived the new font based on classic typographic designs such as Plantin and Gros Cicero.
In relation to Calibri, It is a sans serif font. This eliminates serifs or extremities at the edges of characters. It was created in 2004 when a colleague was hiring Lucas de Groot, Dutch typographic designer, lives in Berlin, working on a project for a secret client.
The customer was Microsoft and used the font as the default font for his Microsoft Office package since 2007, when it replaced Times New Roman. Although Microsoft announced in 2021 that it had commissioned five new custom fonts to replace them as default fonts, Calibri is still available.
Some researchers have argued that serifs (fonts with serifs at the end of letters) can help distinguish between characters with similar shapes, such as: B. a, to distinguish “YO” Capital letter and one “l” Lowercase letters as indicated The New York Times.
On his part David Berman Director of David Berman Communications and Accessibility Consultant, finds Calibri more accessible than Times New Roman for part of the reading publicand no less readable for the majority.
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