[Sigia-l] Your tax dollars at work

[Karl Groves]

I'm not sure I understand why continuity is a bad thing?
When you're dealing with the sheer volume of correspondence that the US State Dept. distributes, it would be bad *not* to have guidelines from as simple as what letterhead to use all the way to typography.

-Karl



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> "In a sign that no matter is too small to affect 
> international diplomacy,
> the US State Department has issued an edict banning its 
> longtime standard
> typeface from all official correspondence and replacing it 
> with a "more
> modern" font."
> 
> <http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1034726.htm>
> 
> You gotta love standards. :-)
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