mccJun 25, 2024

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!!!

Show threadthom (zuurr)Jun 26, 2024

@mcc @tedmielczarek @natevw

Works fine in fully updated macOS for me, although I do see others where that's not the case.

Show threadTed MielczarekJun 26, 2024
@zuurr @mcc @natevw you should be able to use the developer tools to inspect the text and determine what font is being used.
Show threadthom (zuurr)Jun 26, 2024
@tedmielczarek @mcc The computed style is `font-family: "mastodon-font-sans-serif", sans-serif`, I'm not sure how to get more specific than that.
Show threadTed MielczarekJun 26, 2024
@zuurr @mcc in Firefox there's a tiny disclosure triangle to the right of the tabs there "Computed, Changes, Compatibility" and one of the options should be Fonts.
Show threadthom (zuurr)Jun 26, 2024
@tedmielczarek @mcc For whatever reason, it's using Iosevka. 🤷
Show threadTed Mielczarek
@zuurr @mcc basically, browsers will try to find a glyph in the fonts that the page specifies, but then they'll fall back to any available font to avoid tofu (the little boxes for missing glyphs).
Jun 27, 2024 at 12:30amMastodon for Android
Show threadTed MielczarekJun 27, 2024
@zuurr @mcc …I have an overwrought joke page on this topic actually: http://luser.github.io/i-heart-unicode/
I ❤ UNICODE