krackers
a month ago
Seems like a more advanced version of zalgotext (which also uses combining marks)
benswerd
a month ago
This is beautiful and I did not know it existed until now tx
a month ago
Seems like a more advanced version of zalgotext (which also uses combining marks)
a month ago
This is beautiful and I did not know it existed until now tx
a month ago
I can't tell if the results are just very bad or my browser is just not rendering properly. I feel like its probably the later but it would be cool to have a reference picture to be sure.
a month ago
Same here, Brave on Android. I see a load of wavy vertical lines with some striations that could pass for abstract art, but no obvious image.
a month ago
which browser are you using?
a month ago
I’m also not seeing the purported images on iOS 26.1 safari
a month ago
It does not work on iOS Safari at all, it should show a warning at the top saying so
a month ago
I do not miss the days of "This site best viewed with browser X".
a month ago
Nor on MacOS Safari.
a month ago
It apparently only works correctly on chromium-based browsers.
a month ago
I am on Chrome on Android and it does not work. Although some of them it's like halfway there.
a month ago
Appears to mostly work in Firefox, including in the browser tab title, which is funny.
a month ago
It did not work at all for me on latest Firefox (macOS).
a month ago
Does not work for me with Chrome, though I guess it's missing some font.
a month ago
Android chrome and firefox.
a month ago
a month ago
Figured this out a couple weeks ago, hoping it can lead to some cool new art.
a month ago
Images of what it's supposed to look like would really help, as I'm pretty sure none of my browsers are rendering it as you hoped. For me in Chrome the first image looks vaguely like a landscape, with no identifiable features, and in Firefox it looks like grass (both on Android). The dog and tree shapes look distorted and glitchy, but recognisable if you know what they're supposed to be.
I spotted a typo: "font's like".
a month ago
Neat! Sparklines could also benefit.
a month ago
Warning: This article is best viewed in a Chromium-based browser (Chrome, Edge, Vivaldi, etc.) for intended rendering of stacking marks.
Chromium is the new Internet Explorer.
a month ago
Love that this exists now, thank you and nice read.
FWIW, didn't have any luck with the generator at the bottom, could be user error.
a month ago
What browser was it in?
a month ago
Chrome, latest stable
a month ago
MacOS Linux Windows or other?
a month ago
When I visit such pages, my impression is that someone want to break my browser.
a month ago
thats the vibe i was going for
a month ago
Another thing in the category of abusing font capabilities is Harfbuzz (OpenType engine) WASM, which if compiled into an application allows fonts to basically run any code. A few examples are an LLM or a Tetris font. Apparently this WASM support is in the font rendering for Chrome and Firefox supposedly.
I was really tempted to try to use it to make a Harfbuzz OS.
a month ago
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a month ago
Also,
Tۜۜۜۜۜeۢۢۢۢۢsۛۛۛۛۛtۙۙۙۙۙiۚۚۚۚۚnۨۨۨۨۨg۫۫۫۫۫
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Tۜۜۜۜۜeۢۢۢۢۢsۛۛۛۛۛtۙۙۙۙۙiۚۚۚۚۚnۨۨۨۨۨg۫۫۫۫۫
Author's specific examples: Aۜۢۛۜۢۛۜۢۛۜۢۛۜۢۛ Bۙۚۨ۫ۙۚۨ۫ۙۚۨ۫ۙۚۨ۫ Cۣۣۣۣۣۣۣۭۭۭۭۭۭۭ Dۣۭۣۭۣۭۣۭۣۭۜۢۜۢۜۢۜۢۜۢ
Further Tॅॅॅॅॅeॆॆॆॆॆsेेेेेtैैैैैiॉॉॉॉॉnँँँँँgॄॄॄॄॄ with oೄೄೄೄೄtೋೋೋೋೋhೌೌೌೌೌe్్్్్rඃඃඃඃඃ lិីឹឺុូួើឿៀេែៃោៅំះៈ៉៊់៌៍៎៏័៑្៓aᢅᢅᢅᢅᢅᢆᢆᢆᢆᢆn଼ାିୀୁୂୃେୈୋୌ୍ୖୗg֒ ֓ ֔ ֕ ֖ ֗ ֘ ֙ ֚ ֛ ֜ ֝ ֞ ֟ ֠ ֡ ֣ ֤ ֥ ֦ ֧ ֨ ֩ ֪ ֫ ֬ ֭ ֮ ֯ ְ ֱ ֲ ֳ ִ ֵ ֶ ַ ָ ֹ ֻ ּ ֽuﬞ ﬞ ﬞ ﬞages .
Now attempts with superscript A Bⷠⷡⷢⷣⷤⷥⷦⷧⷨⷩⷪⷫⷬⷭⷮⷯⷰⷱⷲⷳⷴⷵⷶⷷⷸⷹⷺⷻⷼⷽⷾⷿꙴꙵꙶꙷꙸꙹꙺꙻꚞꚟ Cꙷꙷꙷꙷꙷꙷꙷ Dⷶⷠⷡⷢⷣⷷⷤⷥⷦⷧⷨⷩⷪⷫⷬⷭⷮⷯⷰⷱⷲⷳⷻ E F G H (Some kind of work, U+32x thru U+34x were E-G, U+20Dx was H, work on websites, just won't copy/paste to forum)
Edit: Apparently, you cannot write direct html entities.
Edit: And you cannot directly write the characters either. Rendering seems rather finicky on Firefox, while Chrome seems somewhat consistent.
Actually, on Chrome, copying the characters directly "kind of" worked. They're still shown next to each other, yet some of them combined and actually created towers.
Writing the HTML entities on a private webpage and then copying them over seemed to work the best.
Edit: Apparently, at least some of the Devanagari unicode behaves similarly.
Edit: Several other languages combining marks taken from https://www.cogsci.ed.ac.uk/~richard/unicode-sample-3-2.html and https://www.compart.com/en/unicode/category/Mn seem to also work.
After further testing, Both browsers are really finicky, and have wildly different interpretations of pasting combining characters directly, vs writing HTML entities, vs copying the combined stack from an existing site.
a month ago
firefox refuses to render these and maxes out my CPU fans xD
a month ago
a month ago