You can't make this up. Rubio orders State Dept. FONT change. Calibri is "woke" DEI. 👀🙄 [View all]

Calibri font becomes the latest DEI target as Rubio orders return to Times New Roman

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ordered diplomatic correspondence to stop using the Calibri font and return to the more traditional Times New Roman effective Wednesday, reversing a Biden administration shift to the less formal typeface that he called wasteful, confusing and unbefitting the dignity of U.S. government documents.

“Typography shapes how official documents are perceived in terms of cohesion, professionalism and formality,” Rubio said in a cable sent to all U.S. embassies and consulates abroad Tuesday.

In it, he said the 2023 shift to the sans serif Calibri font emerged from misguided diversity, equity and inclusion policies pursued by his predecessor, Antony Blinken. Rubio ordered an immediate return to Times New Roman, which had been among the standard fonts mandated by previous administrations.

“The switch was promised to mitigate accessibility issues for individuals with disabilities,” the cable said, asserting that it did not achieve that goal and had cost the department $145,000 but did not offer any evidence.

https://apnews.com/article/rubio-state-department-fonts-calibri-times-new-roman-1fcdc92f8229efd515fe44ae9ca16137




Calibri font is the latest casualty in the Trump administration's war on diversity and inclusion


https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/calibri-font-latest-casualty-trump-administrations-war-diversity-inclu-rcna248381


Why the Trump administration is targeting the Calibri font in anti-woke push

Flashback: Former Secretary of State Antony Blinken ordered the change to Calibri based on a recommendation of his department's diversity and inclusion office.

Rubio has since disbanded that office.
The use of Calibri was meant to aid readers with disabilities, such as dyslexia, as well as those using screen readers and other assistive technologies.
The department did not respond to Axios' request for comment on Calibri's greater accessibility to those with those disabilities.

https://www.axios.com/2025/12/10/times-new-roman-calibri-trump-rubio