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I think this might be a client-side issue, since I can see those letters normally.

I also had that issue when reading the article on Safari/iOS. Switching to reader mode fixed it though.

No issue on Firefox/Linux.

Looks like a platform-specific font rendering issue?

No 'r's or '3's on Safari/Mac. It's a custom font 'Cantarell', evidently a bit broken.

> evidently a bit broken

And here I thought the author was making a fragmentation joke.

I don't see `r`s. Firefox/Mac