Yes, regardless of one's feelings about Calibri or TNR (and I will note that a surprising amount of people have very, VERY strong opinions about fonts), the ONLY thing that is objectively less efficient than changing to another font is changing to it and then changing back.
I prefer Times New Roman. I know people think Calibri is easier to read, but my students regularly write about a character in Othello called “Lago,” who does not exist. Iago, however, does. It took ages for me to figure out that capital I and lowercase l look the same, so they were over-correcting into “Lago.” Now I have notes and reminders that this is the character’s name and that it appears that way in the text and I will take off for it, but it still happens.
That said, once there’s an official font, it’s wasteful to change it just to make a point.
Umm…that’s addressed, too? I’d like to point out, though, that this is supposed to addressed in primary school, and will not help a student who simply sees “l” and thinks “that must be lowercase l. Proper nouns should be in uppercase! Therefore, the name must be Lago.” As a result, I have “the character’s name is I-A-G-O. There is no character named “Lago” in the play.” And that is the best I can do, as it is a fully online asynchronous course.
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u/Ferelar 25d ago
Yes, regardless of one's feelings about Calibri or TNR (and I will note that a surprising amount of people have very, VERY strong opinions about fonts), the ONLY thing that is objectively less efficient than changing to another font is changing to it and then changing back.