US State Department bans Courier from all official correspondence, replacing it with "more modern" Times New Roman. Personally, I would like to see them using Comic Sans.
There are 9 reader comments
• Jan 30 2004 • 12:52PM
But now all of the State Department's screenplays and teleplays will be rejected out of hand as improperly formatted!
• Jan 30 2004 • 12:59PM
rg: I think he said that with tongue firmly planted in cheek.
• Jan 30 2004 • 1:43PM
The Times New Roman and Roman Empire analogies are bound to arise now. One question: will this make the blacked out copy in declassified documents easier to read?
• Jan 30 2004 • 2:16PM
My Dean's List Certificate that I got in undergrad printed my name in Comic Sans. Needless to say, I was disaffected.
And I did *not* go to Clown College!
• Jan 30 2004 • 8:04PM
my school district redesigned their curriculum a few years ago- using copius amounts of comic sans. that's what happens when you let a bunch of elementary school teachers loose with a word processor. and i won't even mention the PowerPoints, and the worksheets that link to nonexistant websites, and... well, i'm a little bitter.
• Jan 31 2004 • 12:37AM
All this talk of typefaces and not one mention of hobo. 'Tis a sad, sad day indeed...
• Feb 01 2004 • 5:40AM
Hey, Hobo rocks. Don't you go knocking Hobo, man...
• Feb 03 2004 • 6:35PM
Wow...the US State Department DOES have some sense. Courier has got to be the single ugliest font I've ever seen in my life.
This thread is closed to new comments. Thanks to everyone who responded.
rg • Jan 30 2004 • 12:37PM
och no, Ban Comic Sans too.