In a cable from earlier in the week, US secretary of state reversed a decision taken during the Biden administration to use the modern, more legible typeface Calibri (also the default setting of the Microsoft Office suite of programmes), 
directing consular staff to resume using Times New Roman, criticising the move of his predecessor as wastefully woke, specifically taking aim at accessibility, saying that this would restore professionalism and decorum (we think that’s a lot to ask of some pixels–see also) to the foreign service, shaped through the typography of serif fonts. The formatting standard moreover aligns with the president’s One Voice for America’s Foreign Relations directive for communiquรฉs, a magisterial order that does not admit for back-channel dialogue and outreach, notwithstanding appreciable readability for those with vision limitations and those whom might not cleave exclusively to Latin lettering.
synchronoptica
one year ago: the Pope declares a jubilee year (with synchronopticรฆ) plus Luigi Mangione apprehended
twelve years ago: meme trading cards
thirteen years ago: apocryphal holiday traditions plus the Fahrenheit and Celsius scales
fifteen years ago: decking the halls
