The Trump Administration Frames Its Second Term in Serif Fonts
Calibri is out at the State Department while Times New Roman is in. Also: What a new architect brings to the White House ballroom project.
To frame his second term, President Donald Trump adopted a serif typeface from a font family called Instrument.
(Courtesy of Trumpcard.gov)
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