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War on Fonts!

TheCatWoman

Trump has told all government depts that they must go back to using Times New Roman fonts, rather than Calibri which was being used, I think this was brought in by Biden as so many people, have problems reading TNR.

Apart from the sheer ridiculousness of this, what is it about different fonts that exercises people so much? I've come across font purists before who go on about how some fonts are some kind of abomination, like comic sans. I like comic sans as a dyslexic person it's the easiest to read, but some people get in a real hissy about it, why?

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  • Well I'll be contrarian, as normal.

    I grew up with Times font and always liked serif fonts. Perhaps I read broadsheet newspaper too much as a child. It was used a lot when I first started work too.

    I think Arial, Calibri and other sans serif fonts are easier to read but lack some aesthetic gravitas. Its a kind of optical dumbing down for the internet age.

    Gothic had a certain appeal but is not easy to read. It's a stylistic calligraphy thing.

    Nevertheless, the world has moved on, so it is probably best to just leave fancy fonts for more artistic applications.

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  • Well I'll be contrarian, as normal.

    I grew up with Times font and always liked serif fonts. Perhaps I read broadsheet newspaper too much as a child. It was used a lot when I first started work too.

    I think Arial, Calibri and other sans serif fonts are easier to read but lack some aesthetic gravitas. Its a kind of optical dumbing down for the internet age.

    Gothic had a certain appeal but is not easy to read. It's a stylistic calligraphy thing.

    Nevertheless, the world has moved on, so it is probably best to just leave fancy fonts for more artistic applications.

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