Brockett Horne Teaching Professor b.horne@northeastern.edu Expertise typography, visualization and information design Brockett Horne in the Press The State Department is ditching Times New Roman for Calibri “Opinions about taste prevail over research about what helps us read more efficiently,” says Brockett Horne, a professor at Northeastern University, whose research includes information design and typography. “For fonts, familiarity breeds legibility over the shape of any specific letters, and Times New Roman is a familiar old friend.”
The State Department is ditching Times New Roman for Calibri “Opinions about taste prevail over research about what helps us read more efficiently,” says Brockett Horne, a professor at Northeastern University, whose research includes information design and typography. “For fonts, familiarity breeds legibility over the shape of any specific letters, and Times New Roman is a familiar old friend.”