I and l nearly indistinguishable; phishing vulnerability

Bug #396835 reported by seahen
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ttf-bitstream-vera (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: ttf-bitstream-vera

Capital I and lowercase l are nearly indistinguishable in Bitstream Vera Sans. Phishing attacks such as PayPaI exploit this. A solution would be to put serifs on the capital I.

Changed in ttf-bitstream-vera (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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