# Web Accessibility Myths: Can a Font Choice Violate the ADA?

DevFeed: [Web Accessibility Myths: Can a Font Choice Violate the ADA?](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/web-accessibility-myths-can-a-font-choice-violate-the-ada-36132.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.boia.org/blog/web-accessibility-myths-can-a-font-choice-violate-the-ada>)

Author: Alexa

Published: 2025-12-21T07:45:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Blog-Main](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/blog-main.md>)

Topics: [Web Content Accessibility Guidelines](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web-content-accessibility-guidelines.md>), [Web Accessibility (a11y)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web-accessibility.md>), [Font](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/font.md>), [Accessibility](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/accessibility.md>), [web design](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web-design.md>)

Tags: [accessibility](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/accessibility.md>), [accessibility-guidelines](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/accessibility-guidelines.md>), [accessibility-requirements](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/accessibility-requirements.md>), [accessibility-ux](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/accessibility-ux.md>), [accessible](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/accessible.md>), [color](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/color.md>), [fonts](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/fonts.md>), [legibility](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/legibility.md>), [sans-serif-fonts](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sans-serif-fonts.md>), [serif-fonts](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/serif-fonts.md>), [wcag](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/wcag.md>), [web-accessibility](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web-accessibility.md>), [web-content-accessibility-guidelines](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web-content-accessibility-guidelines.md>)

## AI overview

This article explains that WCAG and the ADA do not require a specific font family. It distinguishes typeface choice from accessibility requirements involving text resizing, color contrast, and avoiding images of text.

## Source excerpt

On December 9th, 2025, U.S. Secretary of State Marc Rubio ordered diplomats to stop using Calibri -- a sans serif font -- and to switch back to Times New Roman. Normally, a change in typeface wouldn't make headlines, but Rubio's department took the unusual step of decrying Calibri as both unprofessional and wasteful.