I have just learned something very important!!!
Via @tedmielczarek @natevw I have learned that the Apple // character set is preserved in Unicode (Except not the Apple logo, which is trademarked— this is in the PUA as , but that is not Unicode. But everything else).
Which means!!! The cute little running guy in the hidden characters!! Is in!!!
🮲🮳
So, if you are on Windows 10 or a modern Apple product, above you see two boxes
But, fricking inexplicably!!!
On Linux!!!
It actually displays!!!
This is what the above post looks like in Firefox on Ubuntu 24.04
EDIT: The "ALT" overlay badge is a source of constant frustration to me :( :( :(
Re: https://fosstodon.org/@dcbaok/112674844702783159
LINUX TIP: Run the following at the command line
export PS1="\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\] 🮲🮳 \$ "
Attached: 1 image @[email protected] @[email protected] it works in other fonts just not whatever mastodon is using in my browser
@tedmielczarek @mhoye @mcc You can have a little race with some depth!
🮲🮳🮳🮳🮲🮲🮲🮳
@tedmielczarek @mcc also look we should be honest about the fact that whatever this guy's doing it isn't running, they gave whoever made this a snapshot from the middle of a dance battle or something and told him it was somebody sprinting.
@mcc
You've saved me the trouble of swapping out $ for %. Thank you.
~ 🮲🮳 $
~ 🮲🮳 $
~ 🮲🮳 $
@ShadSterling @tedmielczarek @natevw I'd make some kind of joke like "no respect for their own past!" except it's not a joke and it isn't funny.
San Francisco, indeed.
If anyone is struggling to make this appear with Debian, `apt install fonts-noto` and restart stuff.
Attached: 1 image @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] If anyone is struggling to make this appear with Debian, `apt install fonts-noto` and restart stuff.
@mcc @tedmielczarek @natevw and thanks to this I've learned about the command
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Elena ``of Valhalla''$ fc-list ":charset=1fbb3"
/usr/share/fonts/opentype/unifont/unifont_upper.otf: Unifont Upper:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/opentype/unifont/unifont_upper_sample.otf: Unifont Sample:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/noto/NotoSansSymbols2-Regular.ttf: Noto Sans Symbols2:style=Regularwhich shows that on my system (debian testing) that character is available in unifont and noto sans
Hmm for me it doesn't work, maybe I don't have the right fonts installed.
Manjaro Linux
Firefox 126.0.1
And the fact that it is split into two code points means it can use portals:
🮲▏ ▕🮳
Works fine in fully updated macOS for me, although I do see others where that's not the case.
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