Not for a while.
When a massive 'Pool Is The Future' sign got put up a few years back, the 'l' disappeared quite regularly.
( Harold Bishop's Love Child some sort of terrifying sex magician., Wed 19 Oct 2011, 11:00, archived)

\o/
hurrah!

The son of someone I used to know got caught painting out the l
( spesh., Wed 19 Oct 2011, 11:02, archived)

I'm not ashamed to say that I find that hilarious

( Two Hats 🎩🎩, Wed 19 Oct 2011, 11:27, archived)