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		mitchbob 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Rubio stages font coup: Times New Roman ousts Cali... > Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the Biden-era move to the sans serif typeface “wasteful,” casting the return to Times New Roman as part of a push to stamp out diversity efforts. https://archive.ph/2025.12.10-001235/https://www.nytimes.com...

nine_k 4 months ago [–]

To actually reduce waste, they could have switched to a narrower typeface, such as Roboto Condensed. At least it would save some paper occasionally.

gjvc 4 months ago | [–]

Roboto Condensed is excellent. It saves space so more words can be read with each eye movement (saccades) and is very clear.

see also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_movement_in_reading

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