Times New American: A Tale of Two Fonts

A less romantic truth is that aesthetic standards rarely travel alone; power tends to follow in their wake. An episode at the U.S. State Department this month makes exactly this point. &#xA; On December 9, Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a memo titled “Return to Tradition” that requires all State Department documents to switch back to 14-point Times New Roman, overturning a Biden-era…