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		Could OCR conquer the calligraphylion? (wordaligned.org)
		2 points by codeodor on July 15, 2009 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 1 comment

pbhjpbhj on July 15, 2009 [–]

That picture of a lion is definitely not a picture of a lion, no-sirree.

You can do the same sort of thing with roman letters making them pretty impervious to OCR too. Arabic does appear to be designed more as an art form than as a script though.

edit:typo

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