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I don't know what fonts are typically used in redacted documents, but surely this kind of technique could be rendered useless by a mono space font? Seems silly

by amarant 10mo ago

I don't know what fonts are typically used in redacted documents, but surely this kind of technique could be rendered useless by a mono space font? Seems silly not to use a mono space font in these cases.

sa46 10mo ago
Wouldn’t a mono space font provide more information since you can extrapolate the exact number of characters?
- jstanley 10mo ago
  My guess is that is actually less information than you get from a variable width font.
- kvthweatt 10mo ago
  Either way, fixed or with index lines.
jmward01 10mo ago
This is the government. The documents are faxed/photo-copied/etc etc. They are a bunch of random docs from random sources and the original creators never thought 'This will be redacted'. They just fired up word and started typing.