This reminds me of a time when I was in high school. I had just started using
Trisquel 4.1 and I was assigned an essay. One of the requirements was that
the font used was Times New Roman.
I actually spent hours trying to find a similar font before settling with
Nimbus Roman No9 L. It looked really good, so, happily I continued on,
writing my essay. It was a 100 point essay too, so it was fairly big.
I turned it in, pretty proud of my work. However, when I got it back, I had
gotten 60/100. Why?
"Didn't use Times New Roman". Seriously. I was pissed. I talked to my
instructor at the time and told him that I don't use Windows or Mac OS, and
that I use GNU/Linux, and that I had spent a good couple of hours trying to
find a similar font.
He had none of it. He assumed every computer came with Times New Roman, and
that I was just making this up to not use Times New Roman. Honestly, he
shouldn't have cared as long as it was a Serif font, but no, apparently I was
somehow cheating on the paper by not using a proprietary font.
So, whatever. I accepted the 60/100 because of how ridiculous it was. I
would've taken it to administration but I didn't bother for some reason I
can't remember, though it does really sicken me to this day.
