How a Microsoft font brought down Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif

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A Microsoft font brought down Pakistani Prime Minister -


The document was purported to be written in February 2006 but court-appointed investigators concluded that it was forged, noting that it used the Calibri font, a Microsoft licensed typeface that was not commercially available at the time.

Ref.Link - Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has resigned after the Supreme Court disqualified him from office.

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