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Long time fan of your art and writing.

Is the idea here with Coffeeshop mode that typos can be dealt with later?

Very cool, like <input type="password"> except with whitespace so you retain a vague sense of the wordshapes :) I could honestly see myself using this in a coffeeshop for the compromise between privacy and feedback.
Thanks! I use it all the time. Someone on lobste.rs mentioned Redacted Script (https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Redacted+Script) and I'm considering building something similar, even if just for fun, but for the entire first unicode plane, since otherwise the characters wouldn't get masked.
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Reminds me of dotsies [1]. However the goal of dotsies to keep it still readable and use less space.

What are the odds someone in a coffee shop is able to read dotsies as well?

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18703805

Ah, the original site is dead but I found this: https://www.omniglot.com/conscripts/dotsies.htm

The way dotsies stack remind me a little bit of Cistercian Numerals (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cistercian_numerals)

I am thinking about adding a little semi-hidden "Toy box" option with little experiments, incl. generative art/playthings like drawing vines during typing or a spacial writing system.

(I'm very hesitant to do that since I want to keep Ensō as distraction free as possible)

Thanks for the sharing, installed and ready to try for my next coffeeshop session
Let me know how it goes! I'm in bug bashing mode atm