Awww Come On! Leave The Poor Font Alone!

[MailGuru]

Calibri's gettin' a bad rap !

 

[keith1]

Wondered what you were talking about, then stumbled across this in a news story. Apparently, the use of Calibi is a display of (quote);
". . .misguided diversity, equity and inclusion policies . . ."
Who'd have thought?! But I never understood the dislike for Comic Sans either.

 

[MailGuru]

Yep

Tongue in cheek. I was hoping someone would figure out

You'd think they have much more important things to worry about, but, ...... I guess not.

Bye Calbri. It's been nice.

Hello Times New Roman! What's shakin' ?

 

[Shawnd]

Thought this was going to be another emdash rant

 

[wonderings]

I am still dealing with Papyrus, not sure I am ready to deal with all the issues that Calibi is now bringing

 

[tngcas]

I like Calibri.
Times New Roman. Shurg is fine.
I do think Comic Sans is more appropriate for younger style and maybe not professional enough for serious publications.
IDK what any of those things have to do with identity politics.
Why can't we just say something like "we like this font and our administration is gonna use the font we like." Not everything has to have some pie in the sky reason.
#deepSigh

 

[MailGuru]

I like Calibri, too!

Used it in designing pieces for years.

Never once associated it with DEI though, ....... I must really be dense.

Now I'm wondering what else have I missed??

Wait ...... Is Comic Sans actually a communist plot?

 

[namelessentity]

Apparently they switched to Calibri because it's a sans serif font, so the DEI claim is that it was to enhance readability for people with disabilities.

I'm more of a wingdings guy myself.

 

[tngcas]

I'm more of a wingdings guy myself.

I've been wondering who those people were. Nice to meet one of you in the wild.

Wait ...... Is Comic Sans actually a communist plot?

Yes.

 

[MailGuru]

I'm more of a wingdings guy myself.

Wingdings!

Now there's a font with a conspiracy theory.

Look it up on Wikipedia, and down in the section labeled "Controversy - " This is what you will find:

In1992, only days after the release of Windows 3.1, it was discovered that "NYC" (New York City) in Wingdings was rendered as a “skull and crossbones, “Star of David", and “thumbs up” gesture. This was often said to be an “antisemitic:" message referencing New York's large Jewish community.[7]Microsoft strongly denied this was intentional, and insisted that the final arrangement of the glyphs in the font was largely random. "NYC " in the later-released “Webdings” font was intentionally rendered as eye, heart, and city skyline, referring to the “I Love New York" logo.[8]