Fonts

The U.S. Department of State, according to the New York Times, has issued a memo titled a "Return to Tradition: Times New Roman 14-Point Font Required for All Department Paper." If true, this would be a departure from the Department's decision to use a san-serif font in 2023.

Secretary Rubio asserts in the Memo that "[s]witching to Calibri achieved nothing except the degradation of the department's official correspondence." Apparently, the Calibri font is "informal" and the Times New Roman font "connote[s] tradition, formality and ceremony."

Prospectively, it will be interesting to see if future administrations will continue to switch back and forth between different fonts. Perhaps each administration will create its own font just for that particular administration to use. Time will tell.