US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a ceremony at the US Institute of Peace in Washington, DC on December 4, 2025. Allison Robbert/AFP/Getty Images Reuters —

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor Antony Blinken’s decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.

The department under Blinken in early January 2023 had switched to Calibri, a modern sans-serif font, saying this was a more accessible font for people with disabilities because it did not have the decorative angular features and was the default in Microsoft products.

A cable dated December 9 sent to all US diplomatic posts said t

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