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		canofbars on May 10, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Scunthorpe Sans – a self-censoring font Why does the inspector and copy/paste only show * under the censored areas?

londons_explore on May 10, 2020 [–]

Maybe so search engines don't blacklist the site for being adult content?

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