# Decoy Font Protects Text from OCR and Copying

A new font design called "Decoy Font" introduces subtle distortions that make text readable to humans but unreadable to optical character recognition (OCR) tools. This helps prevent automated copying of sensitive content, such as in online forms or documents. The approach sparks discussion around privacy versus accessibility.

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## Sources

### Technology
- [Hacker News](https://www.mixfont.com/experiments/decoy-font) — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 16:18:21 +0000