Hi Fernando,

Hehe… yeah I get that. In that case, see also Richard’s and Matt’s answers ☺️

Cheers,
Jens


> On Dec 4, 2020, at 14:17, Fernando Cladera <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi Jens,
> 
> I understand the argument behind the font, and I myself use all distinctive 
> mono fonts.
> 
> Nonetheless, my use case is way simpler. I use pass to generate WiFi 
> passwords (among others), and this weekend my girlfriend struggled for 10 
> minutes to find the right combination of 0OIl in my 20-character password 
> that I shared through SMS. Needless to say that this triggered a discussion 
> regarding why my passwords are like that, instead of "something simpler". 
> Arguing about entropy was, unfortunately, not well received.
> 
> So my counterargument is that you cannot always control the font in which the 
> password will be displayed, and this may be an issue. That is why Bitcoin 
> removes these characters from their addresses.
> 
> I have a patch ready, but I understand if there is no interest in such 
> feature.
> 
> Thanks,
> Fernando

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