Originally Posted by
Pontius Navigator
MPN, I didn't mean I thought it was sexy, just some
PR bod thought the new A was. They must have paid buckets for someone to design a new font, and not even 26 letters. I got the same effect with italic
I was quite impressed by your italic
A 
I really don't know why it was deemed necessary, or how much it cost the RAF to get some long-haired hippy agency to do it. But it strikes me as classic MoD money-squandering, possibly initiated by a VSO trying to make his/her mark.