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Prairie Gates

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7. "Calibri is considered more accessible for people with reading difficulties"

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Dec 10, 2025, 07:45 PM

Dec 10

Sans serif typefaces are "considered" more accessible (for screen in particular) as a result of 40 years of methodologically rigorous usability testing in industry and academia. It's not an aesthetic judgment.

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Trump administration reverses font change meant to aid readers with disabilities [View all] BumRushDaShow Dec 10 OP

As One Interested in Fonts and Such, This is Quite Interesting! But The Roux Comes First Dec 10 #1

Yippers, it fits right in with rump... slightlv Dec 10 #2

Personally, I prefer Palatino PJMcK Dec 10 #3

I'm sure many MAGA voters have bad vision IronLionZion Dec 10 #4

Serif (Times New Roman) versus ultralite001 Dec 10 #5

"Poole's conclusion: "it makes much more sense to argue in favour of serif or sans serif typefaces on aesthetic grounds" BumRushDaShow Dec 10 #9

Poole's conclusions were formulated for lawyers... ultralite001 Dec 10 #12

All of this is why there were regs and guidance documents put in place for the federal government BumRushDaShow Dec 10 #13

100% ultralite001 Dec 10 #14

Any font will do.... 70sEraVet Dec 10 #6

"Calibri is considered more accessible for people with reading difficulties" Prairie Gates Dec 10 #7

Can we make Calibri the default here...? regnaD kciN Dec 10 #8

I think many browsers (and even operating systems) let you change the font types BumRushDaShow Dec 10 #11

That's just fucking petty. May he never experience a single moment of real happiness. MLWR Dec 10 #10

TRUMP LIKES TO SEE TRUMP IN TIMES NEW ROMAN. + if he gets to punch down. WEEEEEEE. pansypoo53219 Dec 10 #15

Kinda surprised the King of Cheap Kitsch doesn't insist on gold ink only Attilatheblond Dec 10 #16

What a bunch of petty, mean spirited assholes. groundloop Dec 10 #17

Just another attempt to distract us from the Epstein files. Talitha Thursday #18