UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
1100 East Main Street, Suite 501, Richmond, Virginia 23219
NOTICE
PREFERRED TYPEFACES FOR BRIEFS
Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 32(a)(5) requires courts of appeal to accept briefs in any proportional typeface so long as the typeface has serifs and is at least 14-point size. The Court has determined that certain typefaces are more legible than
others. Accordingly, to encourage the use of typefaces that are easier to read, today the Court announces that its preferred typefaces are Times New Roman, Century Schoolbook,
and Georgia.
The Court discourages the use of Garamond, which appears smaller and lighter than the preferred typefaces.
Nwamaka Anowi
Clerk of Court