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submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

https://piefed.social/post/1004382

Same post viewed in Lemmy, it's all squashed into the same space as horizontal text.

https://lemmy.ca/post

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[-] [email protected] 22 points 3 weeks ago

H̶̢̬̭̱̲͖̬̻̩̘̫͉̔͛̕e̵̢̖̜͓̘̫̹̙̫̻̱̣͓̐̅̍̏̍̅̅̑́̉͆̈͘͘͝ͅͅl̴̝͆͛̾̒͌͛̏̊̃̚̚͝͠͝l̵̨̡͙̗̩̱̘̼̖̪̃͋̀̆̀͑ơ̷̺͎̱͒̿̏̈̑́̑͠͝,̵̢̡͉̯͎͐͆̆ ̴̞̲̦̝͓͕̟̹̖̳̫͚̤̙̰̔̍͌̽̿̏̐́̽̒ͅͅI̷̢̡̻͇͙̲̺̾̊̆̂̈́͌̈́̄̉͑ ̵̢̛͓̥̱̲͎͈̣̳̮͖̝͗̌ͅa̶̫̗̗̠͖̰̠͚̳͔̻̺͎͓͍̘̤̎̒͌͗̏̄̌͂̒͝m̸̨̛̗̜̙̰̫͐̈̊͗͌̀̂̽́͜͝ ̴̳̰̻̋͆̀̽́̔̀͊̒͋͘̚s̴̻͋̍́̇̌͂̽̋͂̈͘̕̕c̶̡̢̧̡̘̺̝̬̱͖͔̥̝͍̑̏̃͌̃͊̌̄̓̀̍̚͜à̷̛̫̀̿̈́̒̒͆̏͆͗͌́̍͜r̴̤̐̀̉͂͂́̍̉͝ỵ̶͉̮͈̤̩͇̖̟̖͂̈̈͒̏͐̂̿̈́̂̅̕͠͝͝͝.̷̝̬͔̙̭͙͓̩̖̣̺̝̀͊̿̐̒̈͋̽̒̃̇̐̊̒̕̚͜͠ ̴͓̱̂̌͂B̵̭̱̠͙͋̒̌̆̓͆́͒̿o̷̡̬̬̪̗̫͉̬͇̰͎̺̻͛͝ọ̵̪͎̙̣͗̆̉̽̑͆̎̊̾͘̚͘͘!̴̰͆̐

[-] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago
[-] [email protected] 22 points 3 weeks ago

It's called Zalgo. Disappointingly, the Voyager UI protects me from it overflowing and smushes it together. :)

I imagine it is torture for people who use screen readers, so I apologise.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

I hadn't even considered that.

My issue with it is that, instead of the space for it expanding to fit it, it overflows and covers UI elements like username, reply button etc.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, it does that. That's (one reason) why it's good manners to use it sparingly.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Or, you know, not use it at all.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

It's exceptionally bad form to use it but Z͠a̛'l͘ga̶t҉ot̡h must be honored.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago
[-] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I see the vertical text overlaps UI elements in the Notifications window too. And in comments.

[-] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago

I have deployed a fix. Thanks for bringing this up.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago
[-] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

I had to remove the fix because it broke some other things 😅

[-] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

😂

GL🫡😔🤞

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Is there a legitimate use for vertical text? Japanese can be written horizontally as well, using vertical form is a literary choice but many japanese platforms opt out of it.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Thanks for handling it. :)

[-] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Shame nobody 🧵 posted actual vertical text:

ᠪᠣᠰᠰᠣᠣ ᠲеᠻᠰᠲ

☝️ If you don't see this vertically, your client is lying to you.

Also, 🖕 Unicode.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Not vertical for me :(

I don't know what that stuff in the post in question is, so I just called it vertical text. Until I squinted, I thought it might have been Manchu script :D

[-] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Not vertical for me :(

Switch 𐑑 client 𐑞𐑑 1) displays vertical text 2) 𐑯 has recursive font support. 𐑓 Mongolian Bichig, Gecko is recommended. (Not by me). Mongolian White is rec. as well.

Here’s how our exchange should have looked like: sample mixed vertical&lefttoright markdown paragraph word wrapping of different languages


Like others already mentioned 🧵, «Zalgo» is randomized unicode diacritics abuse. If 𐑘𐑹 client escaped 𐑞 diacritics, 𐑘𐑹 font is displaying diacritics correctly.


𐑖𐑱𐑝𐑾𐑯 subs used

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Thanks for the info.

TIL about Zalgo text.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

@AntiBullyRanger @klu9 I would like to see the verticle text in action, where can I load this to see it?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago
  • I have since found out this not actually vertical text but something called Zalgo text, which adds lots of diacritics above and below letters to make the end result very tall. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zalgo_text
  • I haven't seen actual vertical text on PieFed yet.
[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I'm honestly at a loss for recommendations. I tried Iceraven, and it didn't have reading or vertical text mode. Einkbro’s orientation is jarring for LtR language mixed with verticals:

the excerpt below.

In portrait mode, it should paragraph leftward. Ideally a 25 character wrap to indent the next line in the paragraph. I’ll try make an html+css example later.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I love all the things unicode support by default but one should not be ashamed to refuse to support some features.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

People trying to be 'cool & edgy' but it really just marks them as annoying idiots. Thanks for the self inflicted Scarlet Letter.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

For what other purpose does vertical text exist I ask you.

"Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack, in everything. That's how the light gets in."

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

The typical example given is Japanese text traditionally being written vertically, but I am doubtful that it has any uses in a forum. That's a bit like claiming that you need cursive fonts because it is traditional in western countries.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

This reminded me: One day I tried to read some Japanese novel in EPUB format. The text inside is, like many Japanese novel, vertical right-to-left.

None of the epub reader except Google Play Books displays it correctly, vertical right-to-left

[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Cool way to make zalgo text, kinda.

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