Jul 10, 2024, 1:20 PMSecurity by cursed #Typography? What does this protect against? Does it improve legibility?
Got a letter with a code to vote for budget allocation for projects in my municipality.
Was slightly confused by that '3' there. Is it a lowercase 'z'? I guess not, there is an actual lowercase 'z' next to it.
What about those '2's? Did they not eat their vegetables or just forgot to grow up?
PS: I already voted, don't bother trying to use my code.
Jul 10, 2024, 1:41 PM@tinsuke oldstyle numerals usually do improve legibility, but using them in passwords and in combination with proportional lining numerals is absurd
@tinsuke
I hate the aesthetics of this style, even for the use case it is/was intended for (numbers within a text). But using it for standalone numbers or alphanumeric codes like in this case is completely stupid!
@tynstar@nerdculture.de @tinsuke@mas.to
I'd call it malicious as well, given that it was chosen because of that specific look.