Re:Scunthorpe Sans – a self-censoring font
by superzadeh on Sunday May 10, 2020 @08:35AM
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Fag##t is also not censured. It is one of the core problems: Not enough diverse people involved in those projects, and the outcome is showing that the only thing "wrong" in calling someone "f###ing fag##t n#####r" is the first word, the two other ones are "fine" or "depends on context" as other mentioned in this thread. Go thoughts and intention, but needs support on execution.
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Those saying you're taking this too seriously are wrong - the project is a joke, but the issues you highlight aren't.
I made the font, and if it was a serious attempt at a moderation tool or trying to comprehensively cover 'bad words' then such slurs would certainly be included. But it's VERY limited in scope, there's just enough for the joke to work (core 4-letter words plus a set of words people grumbled were missing) and it's focused around what most people would consider to be everyday swearing (rather than discriminatory or highly contextual terms). I also felt that adding slurs to such a limited word list would risk highlighting them & encouraging their use to make 'funny' screenshots etc
Please keep questioning these things, I'm well aware that even silly projects can raise serious issues and try to give them enough thought.
I think you’re taking this a little bit too seriously
Re:Scunthorpe Sans – a self-censoring font
by superzadeh on Sunday May 10, 2020 @10:35AM
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You might have never experienced the intersectionality of being both. In any case, is it really yours to judge? Anyways, your comment is precisely the point I'm making: most people working on these projects are not necessarily aware of the underlying issues that people actually suffer from. They under play some, simply because they have not experienced it. Not complaining though, this is better than not doing anything, but we need to setup better ways to pull-in more diversity on these projects.