Trump Gov thinks Calibri is woke; US typography just regressed to 1931(seemeplease.com)
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Trump Gov thinks Calibri is woke; US typography just regressed to 1931
https://seemeplease.com/blog/trump-administration-thinks-calibri-is-woke-us-typography-just-regressed-to
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Framing a sans-serif font as a "wasteful DEIA program" says so much. THis is not about the typeface, it's about signalling which values (and which people) are no longer worth considering. The font is collateral damage.
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Calibri https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calibri :
> In Microsoft Office 2007, it replaced Times New Roman as the default font in Word and replaced Arial as the default font in PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook. In Windows 7, it replaced Arial as the default font in WordPad. De Groot described its subtly rounded design as having "a warm and soft character".[3] In January 2024, the font was replaced by Microsoft's new bespoke font, Aptos, as the new default Microsoft Office font, after 17 years
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> In 2013, Google released a freely-licensed font called Carlito, which is metric-compatible to Calibri, as part of ChromeOS.[20] Carlito's metric-compatibility ensures ChromeOS users can correctly display and print a document designed in Calibri without disrupting its layout. Carlito's glyph shapes are based on the prior open-source typeface Lato. [21]
Times New Roman > Free alternatives https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Times_New_Roman#Free_alternati...
> In Microsoft Office 2007, it replaced Times New Roman as the default font in Word and replaced Arial as the default font in PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook. In Windows 7, it replaced Arial as the default font in WordPad. De Groot described its subtly rounded design as having "a warm and soft character".[3] In January 2024, the font was replaced by Microsoft's new bespoke font, Aptos, as the new default Microsoft Office font, after 17 years
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> In 2013, Google released a freely-licensed font called Carlito, which is metric-compatible to Calibri, as part of ChromeOS.[20] Carlito's metric-compatibility ensures ChromeOS users can correctly display and print a document designed in Calibri without disrupting its layout. Carlito's glyph shapes are based on the prior open-source typeface Lato. [21]
Times New Roman > Free alternatives https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Times_New_Roman#Free_alternati...
CSS has font fallback; so its good practice to include serif, sans, or monospace as the last in the list of fonts to try:
p, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h7, {
font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times", "Liberation Serif", "Noto Serif", serif
}
code, pre {
font-family: monospace
}If a person prepares a document in e.g. OpenOffice with a font that Windows or MacOS don't have (like Liberation Serif or Noto Serif) and saves it as a .doc/.docx, and opens it in MS Word, doesn't it default to Calibri as the font? (Or Aptos since 2023)
IIUC, if you open an OpenOffice .doc/.docx in Word, Word replaces unknown fonts with its default font when you save it?
IIUC, if you open an OpenOffice .doc/.docx in Word, Word replaces unknown fonts with its default font when you save it?
Do macos, ios, android, and linux have the Times New Roman font? https://www.google.com/search?q=do+macos%2C+ios%2C+android%2...
The Trump administration just mandated Times New Roman across all State Department communications to "restore decorum." Secretary Rubio called Calibri "another wasteful DEIA program." A sans-serif. Wasteful?!
The font wars have arrived—uninvited, unnecessary, and paid for by the people least able to afford them. This isn't about typefaces. It's about who gets considered—and who will squint in silence. So while the State Department cosplays 1931, this blog pays homage to a font actually built for this century. Here's a deep dive on Atkinson Hyperlegible—the design decisions, the beautiful weirdness, the typographic rule-breaking. One for the type nerds.
The font wars have arrived—uninvited, unnecessary, and paid for by the people least able to afford them. This isn't about typefaces. It's about who gets considered—and who will squint in silence. So while the State Department cosplays 1931, this blog pays homage to a font actually built for this century. Here's a deep dive on Atkinson Hyperlegible—the design decisions, the beautiful weirdness, the typographic rule-breaking. One for the type nerds.