02-08-2004, 08:00 AM
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02-08-2004, 08:24 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Dec 2003
Posts: 33
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Of course! 8O How could we as decent human beings have gone this long using Courier New 12 and not blown ourselves up??? It's been scientifically proven (by a government-contracted study) that Courier New 12 causes headaches, bleeding ulcers, impotence, and an allergic reaction when exposed in conjunction with Michael Bolton music. This is not the case for Times New Roman 14!! We expect that by changing to Times New Roman 14, we will end world hunger, bring peace to the Middle East, and find out once and for all what happened at Roswell.
Seriously, with all the paperwork that gets put out by the State Department, I wonder how this will affect their ordering of office supplies. Going from a 12 to a 14 point font should mean lots more paper and ink and binders and such....
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02-08-2004, 09:18 AM
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Sage
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 693
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>Going from a 12 to a 14 point font should mean lots more paper and ink and binders and such....
Nope, Times Roman 14 uses much less paper and ink than Courier 12. Try it in MS Word.
Jorgen
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02-08-2004, 10:51 AM
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Mystic
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 1,911
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I think that this is a good thing. Courier is realy ugly. Times New Roman is the best. I use that for all my school papers.
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02-08-2004, 11:56 AM
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Magi
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 2,386
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Obsolete and unacceptable?
It's one thing if they just announce that they're changing their standard font, but using such words for something so incredibly trivial makes me once again wonder what exactly my tax dollars are going towards.
BTW, Courier is still king when fixed width fonts are needed.
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02-08-2004, 02:24 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jun 2004
Posts: 482
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by ekkie
BTW, Courier is still king when fixed width fonts are needed.
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I agree. When I write guitar tab ont eh computer it requires equal width with fonts. So if the U.S. gov ever tries to write some guitar tab with TNR 14, they're in deep trouble!
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02-08-2004, 02:48 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 11
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EEWWWW!
I hate Times New Roman so much that I deleted it from my Fonts Folder. Call me crazy but I really don't like it. I find it to be over used and am just think of it. I also did that with Comic Sans MS...lol.
I prefer to use anicer font such as Verdana, Tw Cen MT, or Trebuchet MS. Those are nice rounded fonts.
I am happy they banned Courier. Ew.
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02-08-2004, 03:31 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 366
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This must be an election year issue.....let's see how long it takes before the Dems or Repub's figure out the cost savings to the US Budget due to less paper and ink......who will take credit for the savings first is the REAL question.... :wink:
KCT
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02-08-2004, 04:05 PM
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Neophyte
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 8
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I remember the good times I used to have with this time-tested font. Whenever I had to write a paper for school and it just wasn't quite long enough, all I had to do was change the font to courier and my paper was instanstly 25% longer. Less writing, more time for having fun :lol:
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02-08-2004, 04:14 PM
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Sage
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 734
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Forget about TNR or Courier - Arial Narrow is all I use. I like my fonts tight and sharp. Agency FB is quite nice too though...
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US State Department Bans Courier Font
Linear Mode
