With sadness, humor or full embrace, lawyers across the country offered quick reactions to the news that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit was advising advocates not to use the Garamond typeface in court filings.

Garamond, the appeals court said in a notice, “appears smaller” than other typefaces, including Century and Times New Roman. The court announced a revision to its handbook of practice and internal procedures “to encourage the use of typefaces that are easier to read and to discourage use of Garamond.”

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