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To: Round Earther
Noooooo

Times New Roman is so pre-2007. It's a relic. It's also a serif font which is meant for printed documents, not for viewing on a computer screen.

Documents viewed on a screen should be in a sans serif font of which Calibri is a good one. Office 2007 came with Calibri as the default font.

Aptos has some advantages such as distinguishing a capital "eye" from a lower case "ell".

We need a new font that offers serif and sans serif versions, the ability to distinguish between capital "eye" and a lower case "ell", and slashes through zeros like Consolas font. A slash through the number seven would help as well.

4 posted on 12/11/2025 2:57:16 PM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: T.B. Yoits

Comic Sans MS for all government documents!


5 posted on 12/11/2025 3:00:21 PM PST by Round Earther
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To: T.B. Yoits

Who in hell cares? This is so juvenile.


6 posted on 12/11/2025 3:02:04 PM PST by Parmy
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To: T.B. Yoits
A slash through the number seven would help as well.

Like the Nazis did?

7 posted on 12/11/2025 3:02:12 PM PST by PAR35 (I)
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To: T.B. Yoits
Times New Roman is so pre-2007. It's a relic. It's also a serif font which is meant for printed documents, not for viewing on a computer screen.

Times New Roman goes to 1937 and the Times of London. It being a "relic" is a feature, not a bug.

Modern screens are of high resolution, and 14 point in PDF will be plenty legible. The documents are printed as well, so a print friendly typeface is NOT a bad thing.

Calibri is a Microsoft product that dates to the early 2000s. It looks too much like the typeface used on highway signs that proved to be a bad idea.
28 posted on 12/11/2025 4:41:45 PM PST by Dr. Sivana ("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
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