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Scunthorpe Sans – a self-censoring font

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Re: Scunthorpe Sans – a self-censoring font

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oefrha wrote: post #29
IanCal wrote: post #9

I love this. I particularly like that arsenal is censored to a___nal.

Inspired by you, I grepped my system words file in search of words containing fuck. What I didn't expect is Apple's /usr/share/dict/words comes pre-censored. > grep fuck /usr/share/dict/words > grep '^shit$' /usr/share/dict/words > grep '^dick$' /usr/share/dict/words dick > grep '^cunt$' /usr/share/dict/words > grep '^bitch$' /usr/share/dict/words bitch Wow. (This comment doesn't reflect well on me. Fortunately, this…

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Re: Scunthorpe Sans – a self-censoring font

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Post by imglorp »

curuinor wrote: post #7

It doesn't seem to censor the n-word. I would think it's pretty important to censor the n-word checked, failed to censor: n-word every word in this comic (nsfw for offensive words) https://pbfcomics.com/comics/the-offenders/

That's the problem with censorship: it's highly context sensitive including audience, locality, and intent. I think the answer is more global:

> But why should I object to that term, sir? You see, in our century we've learned not to fear words.

Re: Scunthorpe Sans – a self-censoring font

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Post by Beldin »

curuinor wrote: post #15
WrtCdEvrydy wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not really a swear....

I mean, if you pulled it out on a discussion not about swear words or something like that in civilized society, civility would go out the window (because you would've tossed it out the window), so it seems _more_ of a swear word to me in modern times than the ordinary fuck, shit, etc

If we're arguing semantics: isn't it an insult instead of a swear word?

I.e., is there a common use of the word not directed at a person? Like hitting your thumb with a hammer?

Re: Scunthorpe Sans – a self-censoring font

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Post by stavros »

oefrha wrote: post #29
IanCal wrote: post #9

I love this. I particularly like that arsenal is censored to a___nal.

Inspired by you, I grepped my system words file in search of words containing fuck. What I didn't expect is Apple's /usr/share/dict/words comes pre-censored. > grep fuck /usr/share/dict/words > grep '^shit$' /usr/share/dict/words > grep '^dick$' /usr/share/dict/words dick > grep '^cunt$' /usr/share/dict/words > grep '^bitch$' /usr/share/dict/words bitch Wow. (This comment doesn't reflect well on me. Fortunately, this…

> (This comment doesn't reflect well on me. Fortunately, this is a pseudonymous account.)

If anyone thinks less of you because you simply know five swearwords, it's pretty much their problem.

Re: Scunthorpe Sans – a self-censoring font

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Post by oefrha »

stavros wrote: post #34
oefrha wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Inspired by you, I grepped my system words file in search of words containing fuck. What I didn't expect is Apple's /usr/share/dict/words comes pre-censored. > grep fuck /usr/share/dict/words > grep '^shit$' /usr/share/dict/words > grep '^dick$' /usr/share/dict/words dick > grep '^cunt$' /usr/share/dict/words > grep '^bitch$' /usr/share/dict/words bitch Wow. (This comment doesn't reflect well on me. Fortunately, this…

> (This comment doesn't reflect well on me. Fortunately, this is a pseudonymous account.) If anyone thinks less of you because you simply know five swearwords, it's pretty much their problem.

Nah, not that. "in search of words containing fuck" — just not a very mature thing to do.

Re: Scunthorpe Sans – a self-censoring font

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Post by Etheryte »

np_tedious wrote: post #25
IanCal wrote: post #9

I love this. I particularly like that arsenal is censored to a___nal.

Can these ligatures be applied recursively?

That sounds unlikely, ligatures are two or more consecutive graphemes graphemes joined into a single glyph, but only visually. The underlying text is unmodified, so as far as the renderer is concerned, the text is still "arsenal".
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