#fontblr

Calibri (along with Arial, Comic Sans, and Helvetica) is one of the more accessible fonts for people with reading disabilities such as dyslexia or limited vision.

This is because is has more clear letter spacing, wider and more distinct letters, and a cleaner design that makes it easier to read.

That is why the shift was made from Times New Roman to Calibri (and that's probably why a lot of neurodivergent people like Comic Sans even though it's cringe).

The shift of Calibri to Times New Roman is obviously abelism since Calibri was made the standard to be a more accessible font.

I'll be honest. I can never tell the difference between fonts. I have that problem in my professional writing, because it'll switch fonts, and I can't tell but apparently to most people it's "jarring". I try not to pick on the font critics because a lot of them read as very autistic to me, though the "comic sans is cringe" hate is kinda weird. Maybe because I can't notice fonts to tell it's being used everywhere and it was a fad at one point (though I still think it was popular because most comic fans are autistic and 50% of the autistic community is dyslexic, and Comic Sans is the easiest font for Dyslexic people to read of the classic fonts.)

But sticking to Times New Roman because "professionalism" when you have access to more accessible options that are largely accepted by professional communities like Ariel or Calibri is just outright abelist. Sticking to ANYTHING because "professionalism" when making more accessible options hurts literally zero people and helps literally 10-20% of people is not only abelist but stubborn and stupid.

I, personally, don't believe that those fonts are as easy for me to read, (Note I haven't been diagnosed with dyslexia, and I don't know if I'm dyslexic. I'm just pointing out personal preferences on legibility as a person that's always been a slow reader.) But they're more widely acceptable in disabled communities as accessible fonts to use.

Also Times New Roman hurts my eyes.

and you look up the fonts later out of morbid curiosity and they're just like. basically the same font gjdshgkdslghslk