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 ...

The range of characters that can be represented by Unicode is truly bewildering. If there’s a symbol that was ever used to represent a sound or a concept anywhere in the world, chances are pretty good ...

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 ...

I know this isn't probably the right place to ask this, but I wasn't allowed to post into reddit r/fontforge ,and my experience with mailing lists is something that I wish to avoid as much as possible ...