Times New Roman is a serif typeface; it has little bobs, caps, and curls at the edges of letters that give the typeface its distinctive look. Calibri is a sans serif typeface; it has much cleaner ...

Design-wise, Times New Roman is the fussier font. Calibri is what’s known as a sans serif font, meaning it does not have little flourishes known as “wings” and “feet” on each letter like ...

Times New Roman: Classic For a Reason . Times New Roman is, in some ways, a relic of the past. If you're old enough, you may remember a time when it was considered the default font for Microsoft Word.

Magazines and other publications entertained readers with stories printed in Times New Roman. Typists typed in Times New Roman. Microsoft Word made TNR its default font, and teachers and professors ...

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.

A font feud brews after State Dept. picks Calibri over Times New Roman ‘The Times (New Roman) are a-Changin,’ read the subject line of a cable from Secretary of State Antony Blinken to U.S ...

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 Department has used Times New Roman as its standard font for paper going to the 7th floor since February 1, 2004; however, fonts like Times New Roman have serifs ('wings' and ‘feet’) or ...

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 ...

“For fonts, familiarity breeds legibility over the shape of any specific letters, and Times New Roman is a familiar old friend.” Charles Nix, who is a creative type director at Monotype, agrees.