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.

cybercitizen4@lemm.ee · 1 year 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.

cc8@infosec.pub · 1 year ago

Räksmörgås = shrimp sandwich

wrath-sedan@kbin.social · 1 year ago

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.

mikkL@lemmy.world · edit-2 1 year ago

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

cybercitizen4@lemm.ee · edit-2 1 year ago

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

mikkL@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

Thank you 👍🏻

livus@kbin.social · 1 year ago

That’s quite clever.

Akasazh@feddit.nl · edit-2 1 year ago

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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.

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.

A Microsoft font may have exposed corruption in Pakistan