Apple changed the code on its website so the word 'click' didn't look like something much more inappropriate
REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
Now, this isn't isn't a marketing headache any company wants to deal with. It looks like Apple has encountered this issue first hand - and has deployed some code to fix it.
As developer Dan Leeth pointed out on Twitter earlier this week , Apple deployed tags in the formatting of a webpage promoting OS X El Capitan. This spaces out the letters a little more, making sure it all stays safe-for-work. (TechCrunch also previously reported on the code.)
Apple wrapped a span around the word "click" to apply more generous letter spacing, so it doesn't look like "dick." pic.twitter.com/oiVj3KV5xJ
- Dan Leech (@bathtype) February 23, 2016
Here's that a little bigger (click to expand).
Here's the word "click", with and without the code.
@bathtype before & after pic.twitter.com/mcfUW3JGua
- Ryan Ackermann (@naturaln0va) February 25, 2016
Interestingly, Apple appears to have removed the tags since this first came to light. An inspection of the page code shows (click to expand).
You can still see it in older, archived versions of the site, however (click to expand).
Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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