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And this is how they show up here: https://prnt.sc/259t3qy

I don't override the font, either HN or FireFox or Windows is picking a serif font. I assume you didn't explicitly choose a font where different things look the same, but if it rendered 'a' and 'Z' the same glyph, you wouldn't say that was a problem with the English alphabet or with case sensitivity, or anything other than bad font design, right?

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You showed a screenshot earlier, I know what they look like for you. :) I don't override the font either. HN specifies a CSS font family "Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif", where Verdana is installed by default on Windows but is not a full sans-serif font, so it's a somewhat odd choice by HN. As for the English alphabet, I didn't say there was a problem with it, just that you cannot reliably tell just from looking at letters which letters they are. In practice it is not an issue.

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