INTERESTING NEWS - Microsoft's Default Font is at the Center of a Government Corruption CasesteemCreated with Sketch.

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The font Calibri became the default option on Microsoft Office products in 2007. It has become the defining detail in a corruption investigation involving Pakistan's Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif. From a report-

Accused of illegally profiting from his position since the 1990s, Sharif is now under investigation by the Joint Investigative Team -- a collective of Pakistani police, military, and financial regulators -- after a treasure trove of evidence surfaced with 2016's release of The Panama Papers. In a report obtained by Al Jazeera, investigators recommended a case be filed in the National Accountability Court after concluding there were "significant gap[s]" in Sharif's ability to account for his familial assets. [...] Sharif contends that neither he, nor his family, profited from his position of power, a denial that came under scrutiny today after his daughter and political heir apparent, Maryam Nawaz, produced documents from 2006 that prove her father's innocence. Unfortunately for the Nawaz family, type experts today confirmed the documents were written in Calibri, a font that wasn't available until 2007.

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Well, at least the daughter appears to be a lot worse at corruption than the father was. With any luck, this will sink her future career as well as her father's.

Corruption is endemic everywhere.

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