{"id":74668,"date":"2022-03-24T09:54:19","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T09:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.whatfontis.com\/blog\/?p=74668"},"modified":"2022-03-24T09:54:20","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T09:54:20","slug":"us-court-of-appeals-in-dc-dont-want-lawyers-use-garamond-font","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whatfontis.com\/blog\/us-court-of-appeals-in-dc-dont-want-lawyers-use-garamond-font\/","title":{"rendered":"US Court of Appeals in DC Don’t Want Lawyers Use Garamond Font"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

US Court of Appels in DC don\u2019t want lawyers use Garamond font<\/a> when filling briefs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Court clerk Mark J. Langer said to lawyers a few days ago that the court will officially \u201cdiscourage use of Garamond\u201d, as this font is harder to read than other options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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US Court of Appeals in DC Don’t Want Lawyers Use Garamond Font<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Mark J. Langer wrote in a notice: “Briefs that use Garamond as the typeface can be more difficult to read and the use of this typeface is discouraged,”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is very interesting what is going on. This can be the start of a huge move in the font\u2019s world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe each country, government, institution, or company, will encourage or discourage the use of particular fonts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For sure we will see in the following years huge changes in fonts usage. Some will become popular and big names will probably get in the dark pretty fast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One such an example is exactly Garamond, a super popular font.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But is Garamond really hard to read?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Garamond is one of the most popular fonts in the last centuries, and it is used everywhere, including in Harry Potter books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harry Botter books were sold in over 500 million copies and it seems that its readers didn\u2019t had problems with Garamond font.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The font was created in the 16th<\/sup> Century by French engraver Claude Garamond, and it is often used for printing books and body texts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Designers consider Garamond the very best font for print. They say that this font is very readable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is very different from what US Court of Appels in DC says about Garamond. Why do they consider Garamond hard to read? Maybe filling is done on computers where Garamond is not so great? Probably yes, I don\u2019t have any experience in this. If you know better, send us a message so we can update the article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Court rules regarding fonts<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you didn\u2019t know, yes, courts have their own rules regarding fonts. There isn\u2019t a general policy regarding fonts, each court has its own rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are some of them:<\/p>\n\n\n\n