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Title: Block ads with LaTeX
Title: Block ads using LaTeX
Date: 2019-04-23 08:00
Author: Fabrice
Category: tips
@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ I'm quite annoyed with ads. As of many, I'm using an adblocker on my computer, b
I'm aware that we can just open the QR/barcode on your smartphone, but still, isn't it better if we can get rid of the ad directly?
To do this, I tried the most obvious solution: open it with inkscape, and remove the image.
However, this approach has a serious drawback, it breaks the fonts, and some of them (such as Air France's “Excellence in Motion” font) are proprietary and cannot be found easily/legally for free.
However, this approach has a serious drawback, it breaks the fonts, and some of them (such as Air France's “_Excellence in Motion_” font) are proprietary and cannot be found easily/legally for free.
But inkscape can still be of use in order to remove those ads.
Indeed, it allows finding the coordinates and the dimensions of those ads as illustrated in the following (click to zoom):