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Show HN: Make cursed fonts like Times New Bastard

862 points · 126 comments · MitPitt

  1. dvh · · focus · HN ↗
    For extra fun, you can make font that are the same as original but then you add ligature for some words and you make ligature using the same font but spelling different word. For example "red" ligature will be "green".
    1. someonebaggy · · focus · HN ↗
      Do this on a document to determine who is copy-pasting or reading it with AI.
      1. smeehee · · focus · HN ↗
        Fun though the idea is, assistive technologies such as TTS will also have problems with it.
        1. servo_sausage · · focus · HN ↗
          Accessibility should only ever be an addition, never a limit.
          1. Semkas · · focus · HN ↗
            Why should that be true?
            1. servo_sausage · · focus · HN ↗
              Because proposing to limit something needs better justification than a fundamentally limited group can't use it.

              It's an out of place performative moralism.

              1. ryandrake · · focus · HN ↗
                Engineering is fundamentally about building within limitations.
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