Detective Thorne examined a threatening letter cut out from newspaper headlines. The word 'CORPULENT' was spelled using letters from five different pages. Thorne immediately noticed that the letter 'O' was printed in a serif font, while every other letter was sans-serif. What did this forensic clue reveal about the criminal's newspaper supply?
The criminal used multiple different newspapers or magazines.
A discrepancy in fonts across a single word proves the letters were sourced from more than one publication, broadening the search parameters.
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