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Rubio stages font coup: Times New Roman ousts Calibri

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Re: Rubio stages font coup: Times New Roman ousts Calibri

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Post by jimnotgym »

nailer wrote: post #388
bulbar wrote: post #382

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nothing is more inefficient than the secretary of state thinking about and conducting meetings about the font used in documents. It just doesn't matter in the sense that it "doesn't move the needle". I expect the leaders of a government deciding on matters that have a real impact on people's live, not on stuff that from a practical point of view is totally irrelevant.

The global impression of the US is worth thinking about. The font is part of that.

The Global impression of the US is down the toilet. This only adds to that. I kept being told that I was not American, and America didn't care what the rest of the world thought. Which is it?

Re: Rubio stages font coup: Times New Roman ousts Calibri

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Post by 7bit »

orthoxerox wrote: post #420

Should've picked Charis SIL. It's a legible and serious serif font, doesn't make you look like you picked the boring Big Tech default and has explicitly Christian origins.

Explicit christian origin sounds like Jesus himself designed the font. But no, it's only the label the institute gave itself.

By that measure, I could create a font with explicit godly origin, because I see myself as a direct descendant of God.

Re: Rubio stages font coup: Times New Roman ousts Calibri

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Post by DocTomoe »

gerdesj wrote: post #250
zzo38computer wrote: post #55

Calibri font has "I" and "l" the same, according to Wikipedia. A better font should avoid characters being too similar (such as "I" and "l" and "1"). Another issue is due to the font size and font metrics, how much space it will take up on the page, to be small enough to avoid wasting paper and ink but also not too small to read. So, there are multiple issues in choosing the fonts; however, Times New Roman and Calibr…

A font was the en_US version of fount. A fount was a particular example of a typeface. A typeface is something like TNR or Calibri. They all seem to have been munged into a single set of synonyms except for fount which has been dropped (so why do we still have colour and all that stuff)? A print, then typewriter, then computer typeface emulates a written script but also takes on a life of its own. Handwriting in engl…

There's no pride in not having diacritics, it's a sign of an insufficient script. It's the reason why English writing gives no hint of pronunciation.

Re: Rubio stages font coup: Times New Roman ousts Calibri

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Post by 7bit »

nailer wrote: post #388
bulbar wrote: post #382

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nothing is more inefficient than the secretary of state thinking about and conducting meetings about the font used in documents. It just doesn't matter in the sense that it "doesn't move the needle". I expect the leaders of a government deciding on matters that have a real impact on people's live, not on stuff that from a practical point of view is totally irrelevant.

The global impression of the US is worth thinking about. The font is part of that.

No one cares about the font US documents are written in. You're not that important.

Re: Rubio stages font coup: Times New Roman ousts Calibri

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Post by jimnotgym »

dsevil wrote: post #283

I've seen some comments about how Times New Roman was replaced with something else to improve readability by many. There's an irony: the _Times_ (of London) commissioned it in 1932 to improve the readability of its newspaper, which previously used a Didone/Modern style typeface. I like Times New Roman and I find Calibri, a rounded-corner sans serif, to be an absolute abomination of milquetoast typography.

I found that Calibri looks better than TNR on a low dpi screen. The serifs just make the letters look jagged.

Re: Rubio stages font coup: Times New Roman ousts Calibri

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Post by 3rodents »

vintermann wrote: post #384
pinkmuffinere wrote: post #92

When I read the headline i thought “well obviously they don’t mean Marco Rubio, there must be some famous publicist or something”. Cannot believe it actually was Marco Rubio, lol

Spending time on something like this suggests he doesn't actually have much to do besides throwing his power around.

Finally, some good news from this administration.

Re: Rubio stages font coup: Times New Roman ousts Calibri

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Post by abeyer »

timeon wrote: post #398
zzo38computer wrote: post #55

Calibri font has "I" and "l" the same, according to Wikipedia. A better font should avoid characters being too similar (such as "I" and "l" and "1"). Another issue is due to the font size and font metrics, how much space it will take up on the page, to be small enough to avoid wasting paper and ink but also not too small to read. So, there are multiple issues in choosing the fonts; however, Times New Roman and Calibr…

See this policy of return to Times New Roman really works. People are debating particular letters after (both) rulings have been made instead of the fact that president protects pedophiles.

Only rich ones. Lowbrow pedophiles who hang out in pizza parlors are a whole different thing.
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