Microsoft’s Calibri font is at the center of a political scandal in Pakistan

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Published onJuly 12, 2017

published onJuly 12, 2017

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Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, has found himself in the center ofa pretty serious scandal– and the smoking gun is one of Microsoft’s fonts. The Prime Minister’s daughter, Maryam Nawaz, seems to have falsified documents in an effort to hide her possession of some overseas properties. The problem? These documents were typed out in Calibri font – something that wasn’t released to the public until 2007, one year after these papers were dated.

Maryam Nawaz to whoever forged the documents.#Fontgatepic.twitter.com/IAoQGhoXcY

— R (@ra_so93)July 11, 2017

Now, the scandal gets a little bit more complicated than that. While Calibri wasn’t officially released until 2006, there were pre-release version floating around a few years earlier. In an interview with Calibri font creator Lucas de Groot,Pakistani newspaper Dawngot him to open up with his thoughts.

“If the person using Calibri was such a font lover that he or she had to use the new Calibri, then he or she should be able to prove that other documents were printed with Calibri in 2006, and these prints should be in the hands of other people as well,”

Microsoft itself probably won’t be getting involved with this, but fans of the company or Pakistani politics might want to get some popcorn as the political drama ensues. Sharif has been called to resign, but as of now, everything is up in the air.

Radu Tyrsina

Radu Tyrsina has been a Windows fan ever since he got his first PC, a Pentium III (a monster at that time).

For most of the kids of his age, the Internet was an amazing way to play and communicate with others, but he was deeply impressed by the flow of information and how easily you can find anything on the web.

Prior to founding Windows Report, this particular curiosity about digital content enabled him to grow a number of sites that helped hundreds of millions reach faster the answer they’re looking for.

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