Fontfeldzug

Der US-Außenminister führt im Namen der DEI-Bekämpfung einen etwas skurrilen Feldzug gegen eine Schriftart –

A cable dated December 9 sent to all U.S. diplomatic posts said that typography shapes the professionalism of an official document and Calibri is informal compared to serif typefaces.

To restore decorum and professionalism to the Department’s written work products and abolish yet another wasteful DEIA program, the Department is returning to Times New Roman as its standard typeface, the cable said.

– der aus ästhetischer Perspektive nicht völlig absurd ist, ihm aber leicht als subtile Spitze gegen seinen Vorgesetzten ausgelegt werden kann:

Before anyone starts patting the Trump administration on its back for one good typographic decision, take a gander at the hard-to-believe-this-is-real new signage at (and alas, on) the White House. This is the sort of signage that typically spells Business Center across from the check-in desk at a Courtyard Marriott. The Biden State Department replacing Times New Roman with Calibri was a typographic misdemeanor. Festooning the White House with signage set in gold-plated Shelley Script ought to land Trump in The Hague.

Thin ice, little Marco.