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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.



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