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Mezuzah in Sephardic Script for Ashkenazim

Question

In places where, according to the basic law, there is no obligation to affix a mezuzah, can an Ashkenazi affix a mezuzah written in Sephardic script?

Answer

It is permissible.

Source

Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh De'ah, Siman 286

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