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US Govt Makes Times New Roman 14 Official Font

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the curse-the-wretched-serif dept.

pollux03 writes "According to ABC news, 'In an internal memorandum distributed on Wednesday, the department declared "Courier New 12" - the font and size decreed for US diplomatic documents for years - to be obsolete and unacceptable after February 1. "In response to many requests and with a view to making our written work easier to read, we are moving to a new standard font: 'Times New Roman 14'," said the memorandum. ' The report goes on to cite a few exceptions to the rule including official telegraphs."

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  1. 14? by Abit667 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    God, thats gigantic, are these guys blind or something? Think of how much paper they would save going to 10.

  2. 12 pt. by Chess_the_cat · · Score: 0, Redundant

    That's pretty large type. I'd suggest buying stock in pulp and paper because the government will be buying stacks of it to accommodate type that large.

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  3. New Plan by trp642 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    1. Patent technology for adding serifs to fonts.
    2. Sue government & the world for buckets of money.
    3. ???
    4. Profit!!!

  4. Symbolic by Henry+V+.009 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Roman Font. Just in time for Empire.

  5. Think about the tree's... by John+Seminal · · Score: 0, Redundant
    14 point font is going to take up more paper than 12 point font. Lots more. I remember doing this kind of crap in high school to make my papers X pages long.

    Not suprising that Bush is the one making this change. LOL.

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  6. Re:Exceptions by Anonymous+Custard · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Well, thanks to the Internet, I'm now bored with sex. Is there a place on the web that panders to my lust for violence?
    Chack out what George W Bush is doing.

    lol :-)

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  7. Re:Even hardcore Windows user was convinced... by devphil · · Score: 0, Redundant


    I've no idea...

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