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		ivanjermakov 10 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Rubio stages font coup: Times New Roman ousts Cali... Times New Roman is extremely common and often the only accepted font for official documents and colloquial works in post-soviet countries: https://www.cnews.ru/news/top/2018-12-10_rossijskim_chinovni.... I have only bad memories of using it since I directly associate it with endless formatting fixes for my diploma and course works.

actionfromafar 10 days ago | [–]

And bad keming. Though, that’s technically not a fault of the font itself.

giantrobot 10 days ago | | [–]

Subtle and clever. You got a laugh out of me.

Fnoord 10 days ago | [–]

I chuckle at the thought mr. Putin was unable to parse some important US document, complained, and mr. Trump's minion promptly fixed the issue!

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