Steve HermanDec 10
Secretary of State Rubio has concluded Calibri is a DEI font and orders US diplomats to revert to Times New Roman in official communications. https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/politics/3725456-font-wars-times-new-roman-vs-calibri-in-us-diplomacy
Font Wars: Times New Roman vs. Calibri in U.S. Diplomacy | Politics

In a move reflecting broader debates on diversity the US State Department led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio has reverted to using the Times New Roman font in official communications dismissing the previous administrations adoption of the more accessible Calibri font

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Show threadSteve HermanDec 10
The Nazis, in 1941, banned the Fraktur font because it was “too Jewish.” https://alphahistory.com/pastpeculiar/1941-nazis-ban-jewish-fonts/
1941: The Nazis ban Jewish fonts

In 1941 the Nazis continued their campaign of persecution against Germany's Jews - by banning all Jewish fonts.

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Show threadChris Moorehead 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱
@w7voa [putting on my OCAD typography professor hat] This was at least the official reason, despite the Nazis championing Fraktur until 1941. Another theory was that Luftwaffe pilots complained that they couldn’t read aircraft tail markings in Fraktur. I’ve also heard that it was Bormann who despised Fraktur, and Hitler may have simply signed a document that Bormann shoved in front of him without reading it. We will likely never know for sure.
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Show threadChris Moorehead 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱Dec 10
@w7voa Calibri isn't my favourite typeface, but it meets the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. (There are better accessible typefaces, including Microsoft's new default typeface, Aptos.) Of course Trump's apparatchiks have seized on the ADA, created under a bipartisan Congress (it was passed in the House by a unanimous voice vote, and in the Senate 76-8) and signed into law in 1990 by Republican President George H.W. Bush, as being "DEI" and "woke". I expect the plan is to repeal it ASAP.
Show threadEd ClintonDec 11
@cjmoorehead @w7voa They won’t repeal the statute. They are not capable of long-term thinking and planning that would be required. They might issue an EO but that isn’t binding on the next President.
Show threadChris Moorehead 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱Dec 11
@eclinton @w7voa Trump & Hegseth are certainly incapable of long-term thinking, or in fact any form of thinking. I'm more concerned about those Project 2025 guys, who appear to have done a LOT of thinking and planning in terms of dismantling democracy. The ADA could very well be on their hit list.