Microsoft Deletes 2 Characters from Office Font

In what it is ramming down the throats of most users by calling it a ‘critical update’, Microsoft eliminated the swastika and the Star of David from its Bookshelf Symbol 7 font last month. Memory Hole comments:

“…(A) ‘Critical Update’… is supposed to mean that it is important for the stability or security of the operating system. A simple font change does not qualify, so it’s obvious that they wanted to force this update upon their users. A system set up with Automatic Windows Updates (which is most newly installed ones) will have this pushed down by default, and most users will see ‘Critical’ in the name and accept it based on that. This is an insidious form of censorship, as Microsoft decides for its users what symbols they should be allowed to have in their fonts. This should have been published in the ‘Recommended Updates’ section, where you would have to read each update and decide for yourself.”