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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Emily Atkinson

Home Office civil servants ‘told to stop using Times New Roman’ font

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Times New Roman has been outlawed by the Home Office due to it being harder for visually impaired people or those who have difficulty reading to decipher, reports say.

It comes days after US secretary of state Antony Blinken hit headlines for telling staff they should ditch the font in favour of adopting “Calibri as the standard,” according to a cable obtained by The Washington Post.

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