# Decoy is an ambigious font that "hides" from AI

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> Published: 2026-07-17 12:13:51+00:00

[Decoy](https://www.mixfont.com/experiments/decoy-font) is a font where each glyph is ambigious, the idea being that machines will interpret it one way and humans another. In the example above, HAPPY HUMAN is the hidden blurred text behind the clearer SORRY ROBOT text. Some [casual testing](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48936584) by the Hacker News crowd suggest it doesn't work very well, but it's an interesting demonstration of an idea ("Is it useful? — [Read the rest ](https://boingboing.net/2026/07/17/decoy-is-an-ambigious-font-that-hides-from-ai.html)

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