Rubio stages font coup: Times New Roman ousts Calibri
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Re: Rubio stages font coup: Times New Roman ousts Calibri
#42As documented at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Google_Easter_eggs google search for "times new roman font" and the results are returned in that font. ( https://www.google.com/search?q=Times+New+Roman+Font for the lazy). Looks terrible on my screen.
Nice! Also works with Courier and Comic Sans, but, sadly, not with Helvetica.
And Arial, Calibri, Georgia, and Cambria. It's missing Linux Libertine fonts, though. So typical.
Re: Rubio stages font coup: Times New Roman ousts Calibri
#43Earlier quoted context omitted.
The only thing these morons understand are surface level appearances. That's why we have so many TV people. - Trump: The Apprentice - Defense: Hegseth: Fox News - Transportation: Sean Duffy: Real World / Road Rules - Education: Linda McMahon: WWE (yes, wrestling) ... I don't feel like going any further, it's too depressing. Edit: I just realized that Duffy is SecTrans because he was on Road Rules.
Dear Lord... I'd not picked up on this- if true (I need to validate it for myself).
I forgot Dr. Oz, who is in charge of Health and Human Services.
Lots of articles about this; here's a random one: https://deadline.com/gallery/fox-news-personalities-trump-wh...
Re: Rubio stages font coup: Times New Roman ousts Calibri
#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
The Times New Roman commentary could have been true back when it was written, but now Calibri is the default for Microsoft Word, and has been for a long while (almost 20 years). So choosing Calibri is the path of least resistance.
Aptos has been the default font for Microsoft Word since 2023.
With all the fanfare made over Calibri back when it was announced, TIL about Aptos
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#45As the administration steps back from global affairs, it seems the State Department is searching for direction.
Rubio would go like - we’re done with managing world affairs via the NSS, what should we do next? Let’s change the font for a new perspective!
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#46I'm mostly surprised it wasn't Fraktur.
How pitiful do you have to be as Secretary of State to get into minutiae about fonts, anyway?
Re: Rubio stages font coup: Times New Roman ousts Calibri
#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
Aptos has been the default font for Microsoft Word since 2023.
With all the fanfare made over Calibri back when it was announced, TIL about Aptos
Aptos is slightly wider and taller but looks very very similar to calibri, especially calibri a point larger.
Re: Rubio stages font coup: Times New Roman ousts Calibri
#48Butterick on TNR: ( https://practicaltypography.com/times-new-roman-alternatives... ) > When Times New Roman appears in a book, document, or advertisement, it connotes apathy. It says, “I submitted to the font of least resistance.” Times New Roman is not a font choice so much as the absence of a font choice, like the blackness of deep space is not a color. To look at Times New Roman is to gaze into the void. > If you…
I definitely was thinking of Comic Sans. Both in terms of the horrible typeface and the “not funny” connotation of the name. (Yeah I know sans is referring to lack of serif)
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#49This is Michael Scott levels of managerial nonsense, bloody hell. Is Trump incapable of hiring anyone borderline competent?
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#50This change sounds like that "waste, fraud, and abuse" stuff.
If you add up all the government memos, forms, letters, contracts, publications, everything printed globally…
“wow. many serif. so pointy. much ink. such waste!” — Kabosu, probably