[OC] Von US-Berufungsgerichten in Gutachten verwendete Schriftarten (2026)
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[OC] Von US-Berufungsgerichten in Gutachten verwendete Schriftarten (2026)
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Made in R with ggplot2.
I checked what fonts were in use by opening a few recent opinions from each court in Libre Draw. Some courts use a different font for their headers.
This is an update of a similar map made by u/lazyant in 2020[[1]](https://www.reddit.com/r/LawSchool/comments/ge4tzq/different_fonts_used_by_us_court_of_appeals/) based on an article from 2019,[[2]](https://www.findlaw.com/legalblogs/greedy-associates/5-non-times-new-roman-fonts-courts-use-in-their-opinions/) which itself seemed to reference opinions as far back as 2014. The fourth circuit gradually switched from Courier to Times sometime around 2017[[3]](https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/Opinions/Published/16*). The fifth circuit switched from Century Schoolbook (used by SCOTUS) to Equity[[4]](https://typographyforlawyers.com/equity.html) during 2020.
Wow courier new is a *choice* also kind of a *vibe* lol
at least it’s not comic sans right
Very interesting. Personally I have a hard time differentiating between the latter 3, at least based on those small snippets. Maybe TNR is a bit more condensed.
Palatino Linotype is the GOAT of serif fonts…
It’s not lost on me that the fifth circuit uses equity text
Courier New increases document page length by like 20% relative to whatever the MS Word 2000 default font was. The northeast clearly wanted to hit a page count target.
Papyrus is what we really want.
Why is the South doing all that
When can we all just agree “bookman old style” is the best font and font name and make it universal
Why can’t they just use Calibri, at this point I’d even be fine with Aptos.
Fun fact, searching [ ] + font will make Google load the results in that font. Just found it out when Checking my spelling.
This seems to be inaccurate: 5th circuit opinions are delivered in crayon.
DC Circuit (and Federal Circuit) erasure.
Palatino is a gorgeous font. Some sexy legal documents there, 7th & 2nd…
This is the type of content I come to Reddit for
God I so wanted at least one to be comic sans
No comic sans? I’m shocked
Times New Roman 4 Eva.
Ride or die.
the 1st circuit writing federal opinions in courier new in 2026. those judges do not care
You’re missing two circuits…
D.C. – Times New Roman
Federal – Century Schoolbook
(I believe those are correct)
Equity Text? How woke of Texas!
Florida doesn’t use Dingbats!? Hey, I learned something today.
Garamond truthers rise up
Thank God they are all serif fonts.
Honestly, based 1st circuit choice with courier new.
Oh, this is the internet I know and love. Incredibly useless excellently presented with excessive conversation.
Equity T ext
Someone should go nuts and do one in Papyrus
I heard the Supreme Court uses Comic Sans.
This is obviously a bias against the san-serif’d people.
::clutches pearls:: Texas uses an equity font!
Expected 5th to be Comic Sans. Color me surprised
Times New Roman gang here.
When the current administration changed their font face from Calibri to Times New Roman, I thought it was actually against persons with dyslexia, but alas it actually does have a cost savings for printing. Not that their documents are incredibly long..
I half expected Florida and Texas to use Comic Sans..
Have to admit I was hoping for one comic sans.
I was expecting Comic Sans in Texas and Florida
Today I found out I hate how the court circuits are laid out
I just binged The Middle, and this has Brick Heck all over it
Is Equity Text A the same as Comic Sans?
I… never even considered this to be a thing to be considered
5th circuit is sociopathic, you can tell from the font choice (well, and their many, many rulings).
I was hoping for 1 to be comic sans
Why does New England hate the Serif?
Name jokes aside, Equity is actually a beautifully crafted font. https://mbtype.com/pdf/equity-type-specimen.pdf
The designer, Matthew Butterick, is a lawyer, typographer, and computer programmer. From the times I’ve interacted with him, he seems like a pretty nice guy.
Wingdings isn’t making those legal inroads I was hoping it would…
Texas uses DEI font? Why didn’t DOGE delete all of their documents?
5th and 11th not using comic sans sure is a surprise to me.
Bro how do users on r/dataisbeautiful come up with this stuff?