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Fonts to reduce Optical Character Recognition

p to the e · 2013-09-24 15:44:48

Really interesting article on 4 fonts that have been created by an ex NSA employee to reduce Optical Character Recognition. http://www.wired.com/design/2013/09/you-can-read-these-4-fonts-but-your-computer-cant/

24-09-2013 04:44PM

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Really interesting article on 4 fonts that have been created by an ex NSA employee to reduce Optical Character Recognition.

http://www.wired.com/design/2013/09/you-can-read-these-4-fonts-but-your-computer-cant/

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The “Camo” style obscures letterforms with camofalgue-style blobs.

See what he did there ? :rolleyes:

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