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Marco Rubio bans Calibri font at State Department for being too DEI

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Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.world⁩

https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/10/marco-rubio-bans-calibri-font-at-state-department-for-being-too-dei/

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  • myfunnyaccountname@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    We are a Wingdings nation!

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  • cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    What a weird flex

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  • zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    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.

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  • MrSulu@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This has been, and certainly now will firmly remain my favourite font.

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    • Kissaki@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Unfortunately, it’s proprietary licensed. I was wondering if there was an opportunity for protest use, but that’s difficult with restricted licenses.

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  • cley_faye@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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  • Quazatron@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I was expecting Comic Sans.

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  • shininghero@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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  • Narauko@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s good to see the papyrus guy bounced back and became Secretary of State

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  • cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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”

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    • ziggurat@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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!!!

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  • watson@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    “Not only am I tiny, so is my dick!”

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  • magnolia_mayhem@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m surprised he didn’t make everything comic sans

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    • riot@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It is the traditional food scammers and grifters. Comic Sans is perfect for Rubio.

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  • HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Hope someone throws acid in his face and impairs his vision. That would be golden.

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  • jjlinux@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Just when you think you’ve heard all the ridiculous shit out there, this guy goes and proves you wrong.

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  • motor_spirit@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    legitimately can’t imagine being this much of an obedient and brainless little bitch

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  • sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I hope they make papyrus the official font

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  • MyOpinion@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    MAGAts are so petty.

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  • Drew1718@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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  • 0ndead@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Wait till he finds out about comic sans

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  • banshee@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 😄

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  • MyMindIsLikeAnOcean@piefed.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I thought “tech crunch” was something silly that Silicon Valley (the TV show) made up!

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  • Plurrbear@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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

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  • IonTempted@lemmynsfw.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    “Unlike you woke snowflakes I use Times New Roman”

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