A brief history of Calibri, the ‘woke’ font the Trump administration is replacing

The type designer behind Calibri says the decision to replace his font with Times New Roman as the official U.S. State Department typeface is ‘hilarious and regrettable.’

Calibri and Times New Roman have been at war for years. And now the two fonts are once again pitted against each other after the U.S. State Department declared it will be swapping its current official typeface, Calibri, for Times New Roman. It’s a full circle moment, considering the State Department ditched Times New Roman for Calibri in just 2023.