The bug
In Programmer Art, a black box is displayed around text when creating or loading worlds. This was likely implemented to make text stand out better against the panorama, however is not needed in Programmer Art, and its presence clashes with this resource pack's purpose (to make the game look how it did previously).
How to reproduce
Set your current resource pack to Programmer Art
Create or load a world
Observe
Expected results
No black box, just like it used to be.
Actual results
It's there for some reason.
How to fix
Should be simple enough - just make the texture file used for this box fully transparent in Programmer Art.
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