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Andrew C

Hey, fedi #Unicode nerds! :boostRequest:

#OpenStreetMap's Andy Mabbet (@Pigsonthewing) is asking whether anyone knows about any instances of the #OrdnanceSurvey's bench mark symbol appearing in actual print, on a page. Looks a bit like ⭱ or ⤒ but a broader arrow. Usually found carved on stone or brick all over the UK/ROI.

Their goal is to propose it as a Unicode symbol! community.openstreetmap.org/t/

Any known international usage of this symbol would doubtless be appreciated too

@openstreetmap

A non-print example. The most common form of the symbol, although other variants exist. It's carved into a smooth block of stone on the side of a building or monument plinth, and it looks like a capital T with an upside down V overlaid onto it so that the two angled lines from the V come together with the T's vertical stroke to meat its horizontal stroke at a single point. All the bottom lines taper toward that point. Looking at it another way, it's a horizontal line with an arrow pointing at it, saying "here, this level!" They were used for marking height reference points during various surveys of the British isles. Photo by Mike Taylor on geograph.org.uk, CC:by
Another non-print example. This is another form of the symbol. I don't know how common. This one's a pre-cast metal (?) plaque with a serial number set into a wall. The arrow lacks the top bar, but above it, along with the O and S of Ordnance Survey, are some very specific-looking slots. Perhaps the slots accepted some sort of surveying equipment. Photo by Gary Rogers on geograph. Links can be found in this thread below.
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Arne Babenhauserheide

Unicode pictograms to mark progressively rising values:
draketo.de/anderes/unicode-ico

For Ace Maths I searched for unicode icons to mark progression: show that you’re getting better. Since I found a lot of different options (from simple sparklines to a huge list of animals), I’m collecting them in this article.

Includes a tip for somewhat better, automatic #unicode "image" suppport #LaTeX with plain #pdflatex / #pdftex

The different lists of pictograms from the site.
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Alain MICHEL 🤓

Faux gras, caractères fantaisistes, abus d’émojis : le détournement des caractères Unicode, fléau pour l’#accessibilité du #Web

On observe actuellement une mode de rédaction de messages publiés sur les réseaux sociaux donnant l'impression que le texte bénéficie d'une mise en forme particulière (gras, italique, souligné, script, etc.) grâce à certains caractères #Unicode.

Une véritable plaie pour les personnes utilisant des lecteurs d'écran !

par @lalutineduweb

lalutineduweb.fr/detournement-

Illustration montrant le texte suivant : « faux gras, faux italique, caractères fantaisistes au style gothique ou script » suivi de plusieurs émojis. Le texte est mis en forme en utilisant des caractères Unicode destinés normalement à des écritures mathématiques par exemple, de façon à donner l'impression d'un texte en gras, ou en italique, etc. Cette pratique ne permet pas la lecture des contenus au moyen de lecteurs d'écran utilisés par des personnes aveugles ou malvoyantes.
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Dr. Fortyseven 🥃 █▓▒░

It's kinda funny how one person's clever hack (#Unicode ZWJ sequences) can lead to anger and misinformation down the line.

Here, for whatever reason, ZWJ sequences were breaking over on #Threads and users immediately assumed anti-trans malice on the part of the platform.

It's easy to understand WHY someone would assume that in the current climate, but we've got to be careful to rule out other explanations before throwing confident accusations around. (This goes for me, too, btw.)

EDIT: Apparently it was fixed for them at some point. No doubt responded with something along the lines of "they heard our anger and feared us so they restored it!" or some such. ;)

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argv minus one

#Unicode is one of those little things in life that I can't help but smile about.

Is it perfect? No, of course not. Is it better than the alternative? Yes, so much so that every time I'm confronted with a long list of character encodings I can choose from, I feel a sense of relief when I find #UTF8 among them.

I wouldn't have thought it possible to standardize a single character encoding for everyone, and yet, somehow, there is just such a standard.

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