Form of a Pleading, Motion, or Other Paper

(a) TYPOGRAPHY REQUIREMENTS. Except as provided in (b), each pleading, motion, or other paper, excluding an exhibit, an attachment, a transcript, an image, or other addendum, must conform to these requirements: Paper Size 8½ x 11 inches Margins 1 inch Page Numbering Bottom center but no numbering necessary on page one Main Text At least 13-point, 2.0 double-spaced Indented Quotation At least 12-point, single-spaced Footnote At least 11-point, single-spaced Typeface Book Antiqua Calisto MT Century Schoolbook Georgia Palatino Character Spacing Scale: 100% Spacing: Normal Position: Normal 7 M I D D L E D I S T R I C T O F F L O R I D A L O C A L R U L E S (b) ANOTHER PERMISSIBLE TYPEFACE. Times New Roman is permitted if the main text is at least 14-point, an indented quotation is at least 13-point, a footnote is at least 12-point, and the paper otherwise complies with (a). (c) REQUIREMENTS FOR OTHER SUBMISSIONS.

The judge can permit a party to file a tangible rather than an electronic paper or a handwritten rather than a typewritten paper. The party must use opaque, unglazed, white, unbound paper with print on only one side.