@jeffjarvis@mastodon.social re: Is Times New Roman Better Than Calibri for the State Department?

Posted by @jeffjarvis@mastodon.social • Dec 14, 2025

The #BrokenTimes elevates & normalizes the trivial stupidity of the woke font fight--as ever, without bringing the history of font fights past, under another authoritarian leader, Hitler.

Image shows one sentence (The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog) written twice, using Calibri and then Times New Roman, each in size 11 on a PC screen.

Is Times New Roman Better Than Calibri for the State Department?

Type designers weigh in on the recent decision to replace Calibri with Times New Roman in official documents.

The New York Times • Jonathan Corum