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Re:Scunthorpe Sans – a self-censoring font by StavrosK on Sunday May 10, 2020 @09:46PM (#23138116)
You mean "arse" and "enal"? So basically overlaps? That's a good question, I'm not sure what happens there, I think the first ligature "wins".

Yeah, if you type "cuntits" it only censors "unt".

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Re:Scunthorpe Sans – a self-censoring font by np_tedious on Monday May 11, 2020 @06:10AM (#23140524)
No. I mean first the "arse" rule is applied, and then the "anal" rule (because this didn't exist previously and because the blanked out letters are ignored) is applied next
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Re:Scunthorpe Sans – a self-censoring font by StavrosK on Monday May 11, 2020 @06:14AM (#23140555)
Oh, I see. No, that's not how ligatures work. I also don't see why A___nal would be censored, it's clearly not intended to be a curseword.
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Re:Scunthorpe Sans – a self-censoring font by np_tedious on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @08:30AM (#23153200)
Just running with the idea expressed an a parent comment above. I think neither "anal" nor "arse" should be censored
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