Serif fonts, such as Times New Roman, Georgia and Garamond, are named as such because they feature these small but noticeable ...

The department has used Times New Roman since 2004, when it switched from another serif font, Courier New. Serif fonts “have an extra flourish that makes it look pretty for many people, but can ...

The move has re-sparked a long running debate about the merits and readability of serif versus sans serif fonts. Times New Roman is a serif typeface; it has little bobs, caps, and curls at the ...

The State Department will switch its official font from Times New Roman to Calibri next month in an effort to increase accessibility, a department spokesperson said. Secretary of State Antony ...

The U.S. State Department is going sans serif: It has directed staff at home and overseas to phase out the Times New Roman font and adopt Calibri in official communications and memos, in a bid to ...

Although the change is facing pushback, this is not the first time the State Department has implemented a font change to internal documents. The font was exchanged for Times New Roman in 2004, but ...

Calibri replaced Times New Roman as the suite's default font in Office 2007, at a time before "Retina" displays and when 1024×768 and 1280×800 screens were still the norm—a ClearType font ...

Funnily enough, the State Department is taking the same step Microsoft did way back in 2007, when it also replaced Times New Roman with the then-new Calibri as the default font for documents.

The State Department has used Times New Roman for its official communications since 2004. Now it's switching to the sans-serif Calibri in an effort to improve accessibility.