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Marco Rubio bans Calibri font at State Department for being too DEI
(techcrunch.com)
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this post was submitted on 11 Dec 2025
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Which is why we have serifs, so you can tell the difference between I and l.
It also helps eye to follow the line and therefore makes reading easier. It is almost as if typographers came up with it for a reason.
But that's a workaround, not a fix.
Edit: a fix would be to not make the letters loook the same, even changing the alphabet if neccessary.