Times New Roman 14 Coup

I'm a little late on this but I find it interesting, and being that poetry is about words, and words are about letters, and letters are all about fonts in these days of Word and roses, this news is poetry-related too.

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In late January, an announcement from the U.S. State Department generated certain chatter along the generally indiscernible diplomatic-typographic axis. This was the news that as of Feb 1, the department was ditching Courier New 12 as its official font-in-residence and taking up with Times New Roman 14. Courier 12 had been put to pasture after several decades of honorable service, like an aging, elegant diplomat whose crisp, cream-colored linen suit and genteel demeanor now seem winningly old-fashioned.

Courier, Dispatched How the U.S. State Department put the kibosh on the typewriter font. By Tom Vanderbilt in Slate