Times is of the Essence

Yesterday, news quickly circulated about a memo issued by Secretary of State Marco Rubio in which he specifies that, as of its publication, “all paper submitted to the Executive Secretariat for Department principals must use Times New Roman” at, specifically, 14 points. This rescinds a similar move in 2023 by then-Secretary of State Antony Blinken under the Biden administration that specified Calibri was to be used instead of Times New Roman, which had been officially in use since 2004, because they felt the latter could “introduce accessibility issues for individuals with disabilities who use Optical Character Recognition technology or screen readers” and that it could also “cause visual recognition issues for individuals with learning disabilities”. Rubio’s full memo, acquire