stupidity in unicode handling

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Gil_Hamilton
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stupidity in unicode handling

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If you can still read the board, you're not running a Mac.

https://manishearth.github.io/blog/2018 ... os-string/

mod edit: the 'జ్ఞ‌ా' breaks macs due to a Unicode bug. moved the character out of the topic title because goddammit, Gil.
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Re: stupidity in unicode handling

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That's hilarious. :D
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Re: stupidity in unicode handling

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They didn't bother to examine the San Francisco system font to identify why it happens with that particular font's ligatures, and not with any other font, or in other apps that either use different fonts, or use their own FreeType based text rendering.
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Re: stupidity in unicode handling

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kode54 wrote:They didn't bother to examine the San Francisco system font to identify why it happens with that particular font's ligatures, and not with any other font, or in other apps that either use different fonts, or use their own FreeType based text rendering.
It only happens with the one font? First I've heard of that, and it is very interesting indeed.

Gil_Hamilton wrote: mod edit: the 'జ్ఞ‌ా' breaks macs due to a Unicode bug. moved the character out of the topic title because goddammit, Gil.
That is CENSORSHIP, you fascists!

Seriously, it is good that I can get away with bullshit like that here, because I was this close to posting some unicode in Youtube comments beneath iPhone reviews.
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Re: stupidity in unicode handling

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Google the character, you'll find hits for fake YouTube advice posts for Apple users, which would show up in searches for reviews or such.

There's also a lovely "Get off my board, Macfags" post on 4chan.
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