This is one of the dumbest distractions I’ve ever witnessed. I suppose the purposely forcing an acknowledged shitty font that was pushed out for a reason is on brand for such a shitty administration.
Marco Rubio bans Calibri font at State Department for being too DEI
Submitted 4 days ago by themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to technology@lemmy.world
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zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
Saeveo@lemmy.world 3 days ago
All future documents must be in Fraktur.
BurnoutDV@lemmy.world 3 days ago
its not even funny because the nazis actually abolished Fraktur for being jewish or something…without googling it…yeah, probably something about “being jewish” that used to be their go-to, cant be wrong
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Hitler personally disliked Fraktur and gave a speech against it in 1934. It continued to be used as ‘the true German script’ until 1941, when the party made a 180 and banned it under the pretext that it wasn’t Fraktur, but Schwabacher, a similar blackletter script, which they called ‘Jewish letters’.
Moreover, it was banned so hard that cursive scripts Kurrent and Sütterlin were forbidden as well. As a result, people educated after 1941 often couldn’t read handwritten letters and notes of their ancestors.
dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 3 days ago
I did Nazi that joke coming…
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 2 days ago
jjlinux@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
Just when you think you’ve heard all the ridiculous shit out there, this guy goes and proves you wrong.
MrSulu@lemmy.ml 3 days ago
This has been, and certainly now will firmly remain my favourite font.
Kissaki@feddit.org 2 days ago
Unfortunately, it’s proprietary licensed. I was wondering if there was an opportunity for protest use, but that’s difficult with restricted licenses.
cley_faye@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Everybody knows that this is yet another distraction, but how fragile are they ready to look like. They feel threatened by a text font and some numbers these days.
TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org 4 days ago
Fuck serif fonts. The point of writing is to communicate clearly. Not look pretty and fancy-pants IMO.
I hate cursive for the same reason. It's elitist trash script.
Ep1cFac3pa1m@lemmy.world 4 days ago
The point of cursive is to be able to write without picking up your pen as often. Some people make theirs fancy because not everyone’s a miserable bastard.
TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org 3 days ago
If you're doing it for yourself, fine. If you're writing for me, don't waste my time by making me have to decipher your custom scribble that's never consistent with anyone else's, unlike normal print.
Chozo@fedia.io 4 days ago
Which is why we have serifs, so you can tell the difference between I and l.
14th_cylon@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
It also helps eye to follow the line and therefore makes reading easier. It is almost as if typographers came up with it for a reason.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
But that’s a workaround, not a fix.
snek_boi@lemmy.ml 3 days ago
I agree with you and think it’s worthwhile to critically evaluate fonts.
So what happens if we evaluate cursive font? Well, for most people, loopy cursive is hard to read.
To understand why loopy cursive is problematic, here’s an excerpt from two experts on handwriting:
Conventional looped cursive has not held up to modern life and is being abandoned by most adults, because
- Its decorative loops and excessive joins obscure visual cues,
- It loses legibility when written quickly,
- It doesn’t reflect the writing we see in type or on screen, and
- 100% joined writing is typically slower and no more legible than writing that joins most, but not all letters.
So loopy cursive sucks, but does that mean that we should straight up ditch cursive altogether? Are there fonts that are quick to write and legible? Turns out, those same experts built a handwriting system, the Getty-Dubay system. Their writing system does not seek to “look pretty and fancy-pants” (to quote you). Instead, their writing system tries to “communicate clearly” (to quote you again). They built something logical and pragmatic.
How can you be sure of what I’m saying? Well, you be the judge!
Here’s a picture of the Getty-Dubay fonts, both print and cursive: Image
Here’s a comparison of different cursive fonts: Image
If you want more information, here’s a resource you can check out: handwritingsuccess.com/why-cursive/
So yeah, the way I see it, loopy cursive is hell, and italic-based cursive is the best of both worlds: fast to write and easy to read.
HeerlijkeDrop@thebrainbin.org 3 days ago
This is cool! However, this comparison is unfair, as Getty-Dubay is the only one not using a variable thickness
demonsword@lemmy.world 3 days ago
go monospace or go bust
My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world 4 days ago
I hope this gets incorporated in a College Humor font wars sketch…
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
That’s it. I’m going to ban cupboards in my house for being to DEI too!
Makes about as much sense to me as banning a “DEI font”
ziggurat@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Let’s be reasonable about this! What more things are DEI? Let’s try to find something that is actually DEI to the core and ban it.
Something that makes it harder for the established upper dog to dominate. Something that gives the little player a better chance!
Yes I know it! Tarrifs! Tarrifs are DEI, now we got to ban tarrifs!!!
Quazatron@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I was expecting Comic Sans.
shininghero@pawb.social 4 days ago
Uh-huh. Sure.
I’ll get right on that, as soon as you can explain exactly how the singular genitive declension of the Latin word Dēus has literally any bearing whatsoever on office policies.watson@lemmy.world 4 days ago
“Not only am I tiny, so is my dick!”
HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 days ago
Hope someone throws acid in his face and impairs his vision. That would be golden.
motor_spirit@lemmy.world 3 days ago
legitimately can’t imagine being this much of an obedient and brainless little bitch
sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
I hope they make papyrus the official font
banshee@lemmy.world 2 days ago
When I first saw this I mistook Calibri for Cambria. Why were they using Calibri (a sans serif font) at 15px for documents in the first place?
Associating the change with DEI is absolutely ridiculous, but Calibri was a silly choice. I think they should make everyone use LaTeX personally 😄
MyOpinion@lemmy.today 4 days ago
MAGAts are so petty.
MyMindIsLikeAnOcean@piefed.world 2 days ago
I thought “tech crunch” was something silly that Silicon Valley (the TV show) made up!
Plurrbear@lemmy.world 2 days ago
What a douche!!!
Should they use a new, “Cuban” font… do better!?!?! This guy is sucking the dicks so hard of the people who would deport him so hard if he WAS NOT GIVING MONEY AS AN ELECTED… HE IS A dumbass! And America need to wake the fuck up!
Why fight when he is legit coming from an immigrant family as well!!!???
#mostelectmagasuckers
Drew1718@lemmy.world 3 days ago
So… Just tell the browser to display Times New Roman as Calibri. Problem solved. I’m just amazed that this guy wastes his time and tax payer paid salary on something like this and people just accept it.
0ndead@infosec.pub 4 days ago
Wait till he finds out about comic sans
IonTempted@lemmynsfw.com 3 days ago
“Unlike you woke snowflakes I use Times New Roman”
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
What a weird flex