US State Department bans Courier from all JAN 30 2004
US State Department bans Courier from all official correspondence, replacing it with "more modern" Times New Roman. Personally, I would like to see them using Comic Sans.
There are 9 reader comments
52 30 200412:52PM
But now all of the State Department's screenplays and teleplays will be rejected out of hand as improperly formatted!
59 30 200412:59PM
rg: I think he said that with tongue firmly planted in cheek.
43 30 2004 1:43PM
The Times New Roman and Roman Empire analogies are bound to arise now. One question: will this make the blacked out copy in declassified documents easier to read?
16 30 2004 2:16PM
My Dean's List Certificate that I got in undergrad printed my name in Comic Sans. Needless to say, I was disaffected.
And I did *not* go to Clown College!
04 30 2004 8:04PM
my school district redesigned their curriculum a few years ago- using copius amounts of comic sans. that's what happens when you let a bunch of elementary school teachers loose with a word processor. and i won't even mention the PowerPoints, and the worksheets that link to nonexistant websites, and... well, i'm a little bitter.
37 31 200412:37AM
All this talk of typefaces and not one mention of hobo. 'Tis a sad, sad day indeed...
40 01 2004 5:40AM
Hey, Hobo rocks. Don't you go knocking Hobo, man...
35 03 2004 6:35PM
Wow...the US State Department DOES have some sense. Courier has got to be the single ugliest font I've ever seen in my life.
This thread is closed to new comments. Thanks to everyone who responded.
rg37 30 200412:37PM
och no, Ban Comic Sans too.