Character entry? Isn’t that what we used to call “typing”? Yes, but how can you type characters that aren’t printed on your keyboard, or aren’t available at all through any key combination? There is ...

Minecraft uses resource packs to assign characters (glyphs) to different unicode values, which is how the game allows you to type in chat and write on signs etc. Because fonts are just textures in a ...

How to easily write text backwards (right to left) in a web page or in a forum without having to think about the order of the letters? There is a relatively surprising solution, which involves the use ...

In the popular online multiplayer game Among Us, it is not possible to set the player name to be blank or to contain only blank spaces. However, if you enter a Unicode character that means a blank ...

Inspired by previously mentioned tinyarro.ws URL-shortening service, reader David decided to try inserting helpful Unicode characters in his Gmail labels to give more context to each label. The sort ...

When I hold down the Alt key and press +00C6, I should get this symbol Æ (which I inserted from character map), but instead I get this symbol ♠ (which I typed in directly).<BR><BR>Any idea why I'm ...

Minecraft uses resource packs to assign characters (glyphs) to different unicode values, which is how the game allows you to type in chat and write on signs etc. Because fonts are just textures in a ...