Secretary of State Marco Rubio has formally changed the State Department’s official font from Calibri to Times New Roman, dismissing the old choice as “informal” and a “wasteful” paean to diversity.

In times of political division, it can seem like just about everything, no matter how trivial, is fodder for debate. Recently, typefaces became a hot-button issue, as Secretary of State Marco Rubio ...

The State Department’s decision to stop using the Calibri typeface in favor of Times New Roman shook one community far removed from the workings of government: type designers. “I love it when, once in ...

A sans serif font, Secretary of State Marco Rubio just decreed, is simply inadequate for world-class diplomacy. Rubio on Tuesday ordered the agency to immediately cease using the Calibri font and go ...

The State Department has reversed a Biden-era font change that aimed to make its paperwork more accessible to readers with disabilities. Secretary of State Marco Rubio directed diplomats around the ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio, pictured at a ceremony at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington last week, has directed diplomats to bring back Times New Roman as their official font. Allison ...

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It’s the rise of the Roman Empire at the U.S. State Department — Times New Roman, that is. In a memo to the department on Tuesday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio directed U.S. diplomats worldwide to ...

WASHINGTON — What's in a font? Apparently, a lot of connotations about diversity, equity and inclusion — at least according to the Trump administration. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who ...

Former Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken made the decision that the State Department would use Calibri beginning in 2023 ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Former Secretary of State Antony J.