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.