US EditionRubio orders diplomats to return to using Times New Roman, ousting Calibri
Marco Rubio reversed the State Department's font to Times New Roman, citing professionalism and ending diversity initiatives seen as wasteful, per a Dec. 9 internal cable.
- On Dec 9, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to Times New Roman, saying typography shapes professionalism and Calibri is informal compared with serif typefaces.
- The prior switch to Calibri cited greater accessibility for people with visual disabilities, while DEI/DEIA policies expanded after the 2020 nationwide protests, prompting conservative backlash.
- To `restore decorum and professionalism,' the cable states the department is returning to Times New Roman to abolish a `wasteful` DEIA program and align with the President's One Voice for America directive.
- The change takes effect across all U.S. diplomatic posts worldwide, but the State Department did not immediately respond to Reuters after reporting raised accessibility concerns from studies on sans-serif fonts.
- The move signals broader conservative backlash to DEI policies expanded after 2020 protests and echoes Former President Donald Trump's precedent actions on DEI.
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Calibri, Times New Roman, and the Trump Administration’s Symbolic Battle over Symbols – The American Spectator | USA News and Politics
The culture wars, not content with bending and blocking the words we read, apparently come for the typeface in which authors write those words, too. Three years ago, President Joe Biden’s Secretary of State Anthony Blinken announced, loudly and to great fanfare, a switch from Plantin typeface to the Sans Serif family within his department’s official documents. Not since President Dwight Eisenhower appointed African American Foreign Service Offic…
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has banned the Calibri font, which has been used since 2023, and instead, only embassies, diplomats, and ministry employees can write with Times New Roman.
US: Rubio restores Times New Roman over 'wasteful' Calibri
The US Secretary of State says the Calibri font, introduced under Joe Biden, is wasteful, confusing and degrades the department's correspondence. The move is part of Trump's bid to undo Biden's pro-diversity policies.
US secretary of state Marco Rubio changes official government typeface?for being too ‘woke’
US secretary of state Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to ditch the Calibri typeface in official communications and return to Times New Roman, marking the latest battle in the administration’s war on “woke”.
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The Washington PostCalibri font banished as U.S. diplomacy returns to Times New Roman
A sans serif font, Secretary of State Marco Rubio just decreed, is simply inadequate for world-class diplomacy.
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