Manchester City fans have taken to social media to express their disdain for the style of lettering featured on the club's shirt in the Community Shield.
Pep Guardiola's side entered the curtain-raiser at Wembley looking to avenge their defeat against Man United in the FA Cup final in May.
The Premier League champions had appeared in the last three iterations of the match without securing victory.
Both Manchester club's wore their new home shirts at the national stadium but it was City's that raised more than a few eyebrows among fans online.
A decidedly unconventional font that adorned the back of the club's shirt proved hugely divisive, with one particularly enraged fan branding it a 'disgrace'.
Manchester City utilised an unconventional font on their back of their Community Shield shirts
One fan wrote: 'The font on the back of the Man City strip is an absolute disgrace. Heads should roll over this. Shameful.'
'Looks like the kit man forgot to put the names on and scribbled them on with a Sharpie in a panic'
A third added: '9 minutes into the new season and I'm getting annoyed by the choice of font on the back of City's shirts. I may need to pace myself here.'
A further fan joked: 'Can we add the font on the Man City shirt to the 115 charges?'
Another added: 'Never thought we’d ever see the day lads, but it’s here… Manchester City have managed to find a worse font than Comic Sans. '
Fans unhappy with the typeface will be pleased to know that it will not appear on the club's shirts for the coming Premier League campaign.
All lettering featured on top flight strips is standardised by the league, with the latest redesign produced by American company Avery Dennison introduced prior to the 2023-24 campaign.