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cybercitizen4@lemm.ee to Today I learned@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago

TIL the Microsoft font 'Calibri' was used to expose corruption in Pakistan because documents written in Calibri could not be from an earlier year than 2007, revealing the possibility of forgery.

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TIL the Microsoft font 'Calibri' was used to expose corruption in Pakistan because documents written in Calibri could not be from an earlier year than 2007, revealing the possibility of forgery.

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cybercitizen4@lemm.ee to Today I learned@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago
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A Microsoft font may have exposed corruption in Pakistan
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    We’ll now since they’re retiring it as the default font in favor of Aptos we can check for forgeries starting in 2023, brb have some documents to… amend.

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      Any article about this? When I Google combinations of ‘word + font’, it just tells me how to install it 😅

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        Yeah here you go! It was actually this article that sent me down the rabbit hole that prompted the TIL. Been reading about the Panama Papers since I posted this LOL

        https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/13/23793428/microsoft-aptos-new-default-font-office-365

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          Thank you 👍🏻

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