Framing a sans-serif font as a "wasteful DEIA program" says so much. THis is not about the typeface, it's about signalling which values (and which people) are no longer worth considering. The font is collateral damage.

The Trump administration just mandated Times New Roman across all State Department communications to "restore decorum." Secretary Rubio called Calibri "another wasteful DEIA program." A sans-serif. Wasteful?!

The font wars have arrived—uninvited, unnecessary, and paid for by the people least able to afford them. This isn't about typefaces. It's about who gets considered—and who will squint in silence. So while the State Department cosplays 1931, this blog pays homage to a font actually built for this century. Here's a deep dive on Atkinson Hyperlegible—the design decisions, the beautiful weirdness, the typographic rule-breaking. One for the type nerds.

Sans-serif is woke! Serif is bespoke! Slab-serif is for the folks!