US State Department bans Courier from all
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.
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Reader comments
rgJan 30, 2004 at 12:37PM
och no, Ban Comic Sans too.
JeffJan 30, 2004 at 12:52PM
But now all of the State Department's screenplays and teleplays will be rejected out of hand as improperly formatted!
ChrisJan 30, 2004 at 12:59PM
rg: I think he said that with tongue firmly planted in cheek.
davidJan 30, 2004 at 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?
DanJan 30, 2004 at 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!
margaretJan 30, 2004 at 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.
kolyJan 31, 2004 at 12:37AM
All this talk of typefaces and not one mention of hobo. 'Tis a sad, sad day indeed...
GrahamFeb 01, 2004 at 5:40AM
Hey, Hobo rocks. Don't you go knocking Hobo, man...
ScottishFeb 03, 2004 at 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.
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