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FancyCaptcha should generate fixed-size images for easier styling
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Description

If FancyCaptcha generated fixed-size images (at least as an option), it would be easier to style/position the resulting image in layouts.

Right now, the height and width both vary.

ReCAPTCHA seems to do this. It looks like it's always 300x57 with two words.


Version: master
Severity: enhancement
See Also:
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46759

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bz48055

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bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Low.Nov 22 2014, 1:36 AM
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Note, the CAPTCHA generation script is captcha.py.

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Fixed size, with FancyCaptcha mechanism, would mean fixed length, which makes the solution too predictable according to http://cdn.ly.tl/publications/text-based-captcha-strengths-and-weaknesses.pdf . ReCAPTCHA can do this because they vary the content of the captcha.

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Fixed size, with FancyCaptcha mechanism, would mean fixed length

Only if the font size is also fixed, which is not a requirement.

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Aklapper changed the subtype of this task from "Task" to "Feature Request".Feb 4 2022, 11:13 AM
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