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this css proves me human

6 hours ago
  • #humanizing-text
  • #technical-writing
  • #writing-style
  • The author discusses the challenges of altering writing style to appear more human-like, including capitalization, em dashes, and intentional misspellings.
  • Technical solutions are mentioned, such as using CSS to transform text to lowercase and scripts to modify font glyphs.
  • The author reflects on the deeper implications of changing writing style, equating it to altering one's identity and reasoning.
  • A Python script is provided to modify font files, specifically to adjust the appearance of em dashes.
  • Another Python script, inspired by Peter Norvig's spelling corrector, is used to identify and suggest common misspellings to make the text seem more human.