Unicode Blocks Thread

[Black Man Underwear]

Unicode blocks exist to organize Unicode's current list of unique symbols. Each one means something, and browsing them is interesting.

Wikipedia has an index of hundreds of blocks:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Unicode_blocks

Read one you find interesting and report back.

 

[The Mass Shooter Ron Soye]

You could make a tiny (file size) playing card game with these playing card symbols, if they display worth a damn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playing_Cards_(Unicode_block)

🂠 🂡 🂢 🂣 🂤 🂥 🂦 🂧 🂨 🂩 🂪 🂫 🂬 🂭 🂮 🂱 🂲 🂳 🂴 🂵 🂶 🂷 🂸 🂹 🂺 🂻 🂼 🂽 🂾 🂿 🃁 🃂 🃃 🃄 🃅 🃆 🃇 🃈 🃉 🃊 🃋 🃌 🃍 🃎 🃑 🃒 🃓 🃔 🃕 🃖 🃗 🃘 🃙 🃚 🃛 🃜 🃝 🃞 🃟 🃠 🃡 🃢 🃣 🃤 🃥 🃦 🃧 🃨 🃩 🃪 🃫 🃬 🃭 🃮 🃯 🃰 🃱 🃲 🃳 🃴 🃵

 

[The Wise Shaman]

Cͨoͧmͫbi̇ni̇ng Ḍ̤̣i̇acr̈́i̇ti̇cal M̀̀̀̀̀ar̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈̈ks a͢͡rẹ̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣ ni̇ͭcͥe̥ͭ

 

[Rango Dango]

You could make a tiny (file size) playing card game with these playing card symbols, if they display worth a damn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playing_Cards_(Unicode_block)

🂠 🂡 🂢 🂣 🂤 🂥 🂦 🂧 🂨 🂩 🂪 🂫 🂬 🂭 🂮 🂱 🂲 🂳 🂴 🂵 🂶 🂷 🂸 🂹 🂺 🂻 🂼 🂽 🂾 🂿 🃁 🃂 🃃 🃄 🃅 🃆 🃇 🃈 🃉 🃊 🃋 🃌 🃍 🃎 🃑 🃒 🃓 🃔 🃕 🃖 🃗 🃘 🃙 🃚 🃛 🃜 🃝 🃞 🃟 🃠 🃡 🃢 🃣 🃤 🃥 🃦 🃧 🃨 🃩 🃪 🃫 🃬 🃭 🃮 🃯 🃰 🃱 🃲 🃳 🃴 🃵

you can also do so with chess https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Unicode/Chess_Symbols

 

[volkswagen_modle1488]

this is called Zalgo ‮‮‮‮‮‮‮‮‮‮‮‮‮‮‮‮‮‮‮‮‮‮‮‮‮‮‮‮‮‮‮‮‮‮‮‮‮‮‮‮‮n̶̢̧̨̢̛̛̛̛̛̬͔̬̣͈͇̲̹̥̭̗̙̲̿̿̄̈́̓̓̈̿͗̄̌͗͂̇́̿̓͑̓̎͂̔͊̓̋̉̒̊͋̄̔̌͊̈́̑̂̈́̓͋̈́̋̍͐̓͊̀̀͊̀́̽̉̍͑͗̏̊͋͗͗́́͗̈́̀͛̍̂́̔̏́̃̽̒͗͋͐̿̍͒̓͛̒̌̎̒͐͐̔͑̽̿́̋͆̅̀̀̒̀͒͐̅͌̄̊̆͑̒̓̀̈͐̆̿͐́̒̾͘̕̚̚̕͘̕͘̕̕̚͝͝͝͝͠͠ͅi̴̧̧̢̨̧̢̧̢̡̢̢̡̨̨̡̡̢̛̛̞̖̹͙̣̦̰̗̮̜̪͉̲̪̜̦̼̺̫͎͓̹̖̼̥̮͓̥͎̪͙͎̜͕̰̣͔̠̘̳̻͚̘̘̗̯̞̼͕̙͉̮̟̮̠͖͔̣̠͇̰̰̼͇͓̩͙̭͚̠̜͙̲̱̲̼͔̬̪̫̻̱͎̠̣̗͇̞̖͔̤̙͍̪̠̱͕͍̳̩̤͙̦̦͙̺͎̖̪̦̥̖̝̼̥͇̺̳̮̥̖̲̠̺̹͕̜̼̗̣͚̘̺͈̪̤̩̝̖̯̤̼͇̲̗͙̟͕̭͑̆͂͗̽̈́̂͗̌͑͗̈́͋͑̋̾̽̽̅͊̆̃̀̔̊͑̾̒̓̑̋͒̔̄̿̈̀̑̏̄̒̒̉̊̂̈́͐̿̃̕̚̕̕͘͘̕͠͝͠͝͠͝ͅͅͅͅg̸̡̢̢̢̧̧̡̨̡̨̧̡̡̧̡̧̨̨̨̧̧̡̡̧̧̡̛̛̛͙̹͔͓͈̬̭̖̝͇͓̩̲̪̝͕̠̲̯̻̩͚̮̞͖̝̪̤̩̩͈̝̙̙͙͎͔͎̲̘̘͕̖̻̜̦̥̳̘̳̭̜̰͍̺̫͉̱̺̳̦̙̤̼̠̝̣̠̮̣͇̪͔̟̥̟͍̻̪̦̝̺̱̣̙̭͙̭̫̝̫̖̝̲̤̗̳̱̹̞͇͍̫̳̙̞̰͕͙̪͈͓̘̤̞̗̥̬̗̯͙̲̲͖̳͖͓̬͓̬̲̻̩̺͓͓̙̲̹̱̼̙͖͚͇͚͙͈̤̞̗̩̺̟͕̻̩͖̩͔̠̯̳̹̫̳͔̯͔͈̬̼̹̤̥̫͓̺̥̟̱̙̝͈͓̬̺̼̠̻̭̻͎͔͈͔̩̮̠͚̬̥͈͎̦̮̬͓̮̞͎̠͖̩̭̭͕͈̳̥͕̭̈́́͊̽͗͌̀̿͌̌͐͋̋̉̿͆̇̀̄̈́͂̊́͐̈͌̍͐̇̆̉̿̂̐̈́̉̈̈́̀̐̿̎̂̅̑͒͋͛̓̐͌͊̄̄̑̀̈́̿́̓̈̈́͆̑͑̇̐̏̀̿͆̑̊́́͌̏́̀͘̕̚͘̚̚͜͜͜͜͜͜͜͜͜͜͝͠͠͝͠͝͠͠ͅͅͅͅͅģ̶̢̨̢̧̢̨̨̡̢̛̛̛̛̛̛̛͍̝̝͎̜̹̣̼̥̯̥̦̤̣̹̱̭̞̙͚͙̻̞̻̥̻̙̺̺̱̠̣͈̜̝̯̜̜̪͓̗̭̝̗͎̭̪̩͍̟̭͈̤͍̟͎͙̭̜̯̟̟̤̻̯͚͓̩̻̬̙͉͍͎̲̗̳̺̙̫̦̠͔̟͎̭̻̼̦̘̫͇͍͚̯̙͔̪̖̞̖̤̬̠̟̮̹̱̪̳̖̹͔̖͍̖̙̦̲͈̻̯̤̝̯̥̗̦̟̼̭̀́̈́͂͐̔̉̏̑͌̊̆̌͊̄̓͊̏͒̀́̍̉̅̔͌͌͌̈̅̈̄̀̊̍̇͋̓̆̌̀̂̽̇̈̓̊̋͒̒͒̆͐̔̒͑̄̽̈́̀͊̔̏̃̾̎͒́͂̽̔̐̓̎́̇̓̀͌͐̃͋̈́͆̔̀̃̅̎͗̌͂̽̈́̓̄̓̈͋̃̊̃̃̂̔̓̽̄͛̅͆͑̓̃̈́̈́̊͂͊͋͂͊̂̾̈́͂͒͂̐͒̎̍͋̅̿̄͋́̈́͆͌͌͌̀̔̀͑̽̄͋̏́̅͌̀̑́̀͒̓́͂̈́̈́̈̍̓̐̄͂͒̄͌̒͆̀̾́͌̐̄̍̀͊̓̏̉̈́́̓̔̌̽̊̏̾̓͒̍͋́̀̽̏̏̄͛͐̀̂̈́̆̀̐̆͐̊͊̾͒̋̐̇̒̈́͌̌̊̕̕̚͘̕̕͘̚͘̚͘͘̚̕̕̚͜͝͠͝͝͝͝͝͝͝͠͠͠͠͝ͅͅͅͅͅͅȩ̵̨̢̨̨̢̢̢̨̡̢̨̧̨̢̢̢̨̧̨̧̧̛̛̛̛̛̛̛̛̛͈̭̝̝̥̩̱̥̻̺̗̼͖͕͚͕̜̩̥̙̥͎̞͕̩̯͈̭͇̥̘͕̪̘̪̪̘͈̜͓͔̤̥̘͖̞̬͇̹̬̺͚̱̙̣͇͈̦͇̮͙̠̹̗̯̟͓̙̫͓̺̹̹̠̜̯̭̝̲̰̖̙̜͇̭͎̠͓͕̳̮̯̬̥̮͈̝͉̖̩̘̲̣̼̤̮͇̳͇̱̟̯̲̠̲̥̲̪͕͉̣̥̩̲̥̼̪̜͙̺̺̳͙̝͈͍̟͙̼̟̠̲̦̱̼̳̻̬͚̤̗̳͉̯̩̝͚̤͓̺̱͍̪̠͙̱̱͔̤̪̱̣̥̞̯͓͉̳̠͔̪͕̦͕̙̮͙̫̩̖̲̠̗̲̫̠̜͈̹̻̯̹̠̝̞͈̫̪͕͕̹͓͕̱̼͉̻̖̘̮̰͔͎̟̪͖̲̰̟͔̠̝͎͍̠͍͉̬͖͚͋̈́̊̃̈̎͗͑͆͊̌̌̈́̀̿̀̄̊̏͌̓͗͛̌̾̈́̅́͌̈͊͂̑̈́́͆̃́͗̾̅̐̈̒̅̎̄̿̾̾̏́͌̾͛̎̓͂̐̋͐̔̓͑́́̆̀̔͂̀̓̅̊̿͌̂͊̿́̊̒̌̈́̏͒̂̃̔̃̀̃͊̾̂̂̆̆͒̐̇̀͒̌̀͌͐̍̆̓̄̈̈́̿̄̈̉̀́̈́̀̇̇̉̀̓͊͌̃͗̂͗͛́̇̆͐͊͛́̆͛͌̉̍̽̿̏̈́̿̀̆͛́̀́̒̓̑͛̓̊́́̿̒̅̔̄̉͌̏͌̄̿͆̉̈́̆̈́̎̈́͌͐̊̽̓̀̉̌̉͐͐͒̿͋̽̾̌̿̎́̔̌̿̈͋͑̅͆͌̈́̓́̿̂̈̀̑͛̂͐̄̋̉͗̈́͌́̃̕͘̕̕͘̕̚̚̚̚̕̚̚̕̚͜͜͜͜͜͝͝͠͝͝͠͝͝͝͠͠͝͝͝͝͝͝ͅͅͅͅͅͅr̵̢̢̧̛̛̛̛͔̲͔̪̰̺̱̖̩̻̹̮̪͈̘̽̿̊̓̈́̏̒͒̊̒̒́̉̈̋̋͋͊̂̾̀͆̈́̀̍͌̀̓̍̾̓̆̃̑̀͑͗͂̈́̓͛̔̎̎̊̄̽̈͋̅̌́̀̔̍́̔̂͋̎̈́͊̐͋͌̒̔̾̃͛̑̓͛͋͛̈́̃͒̔͌͐͛̅̇͆́͆́́̀̂̀̑̀̽̽̓͐̾̾̋̎̅̈́͌̓̿́̇͐́̃͗͗̐̇̅͆̽́͑̈́̓̃̒̄́̌̓͐͆́̈̀͑̉́͑̄́͋̎̌̈́̑́̔͋̈́̿̋̓̂̓̀̈́̎̊͛̾̓͐̅͋̀̏͂̾̀͒̐̋̀̈́̽͋̂̈͋̍̓́͆̇̈́͑̓̐̊̀̂̑̈̈́̒̈́̇͑̽͆͛̆͒͗͑̏̎͊̇͋͛̈́̏́͒͌͐͘͘̕̚͘̚̚̚̕̚͘̕̕̕̕̚̚̕̚̕͠͠͝͝͠͝͠͝͠͠͝͠͝͝͠͝͠͝͝

 

[The Mass Shooter Ron Soye]

𝓡𝓘𝓟 𝓤𝓝𝓘𝓒𝓞𝓓𝓔 𝓣𝓗𝓡𝓔𝓐𝓓

 

[my penis is on fire]

oh shit it's drippı̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̇ng

 

[agent_donkey]

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playing card symbols

Gotta love how consistent the font is...

Similarly, there are chess pieces: ♞
Amazingly, they are under the Miscellaneous Symbols Block instead of the Chess Symbol Block which is just for fairy chess and is usually missing.


I have been using https://unicodeplus.com/ for a good while now, for all my unicode needs.

 

[Smaug's Smokey Hole 2]

What did you name the document, I can't find any playing card related...

oh, there it is

卐 Whoever allowed that shit to be part of file names should have their hands cut off! 卐
​

 

[The Mass Shooter Ron Soye]

I ripped off the SVG for the proposed but not yet adopted external link symbol here: https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18303-external-link.pdf

<svg style="display: inline-block; width: 1em; height: 1em;" viewbox="0
0 48 48">
<path d="M36 24c-1.2 0-2 0.8-2 2v12c0 1.2-0.8 2-2 2h-22c-1.2
0-2-0.8-2-2v-22c0-1.2 0.8-2 2-2h12c1.2 0 2-0.8 2-2s-0.8-2-2-2h-12c-3.4
0-6 2.6-6 6v22c0 3.4 2.6 6 6 6h22c3.4 0 6-2.6
6-6v-12c0-1.2-0.8-2-2-2z"></path>
<path d="M43.8 5.2c-0.2-0.4-0.6-0.8-1-1-0.2-0.2-0.6-0.2-0.8-0.2h-12c-1.2
0-2 0.8-2 2s0.8 2 2 2h7.2l-18.6 18.6c-0.8 0.8-0.8 2 0 2.8 0.4 0.4 0.8
0.6 1.4 0.6s1-0.2 1.4-0.6l18.6-18.6v7.2c0 1.2 0.8 2 2 2s2-0.8
2-2v-12c0-0.2 0-0.6-0.2-0.8z"></path>
</svg>

It can be inserted anywhere repeatedly with "use xlink:href".

 

[888Flux]

I ripped off the SVG for the proposed but not yet adopted external link symbol here: https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18303-external-link.pdf

<svg style="display: inline-block; width: 1em; height: 1em;" viewbox="0
0 48 48">
<path d="M36 24c-1.2 0-2 0.8-2 2v12c0 1.2-0.8 2-2 2h-22c-1.2
0-2-0.8-2-2v-22c0-1.2 0.8-2 2-2h12c1.2 0 2-0.8 2-2s-0.8-2-2-2h-12c-3.4
0-6 2.6-6 6v22c0 3.4 2.6 6 6 6h22c3.4 0 6-2.6
6-6v-12c0-1.2-0.8-2-2-2z"></path>
<path d="M43.8 5.2c-0.2-0.4-0.6-0.8-1-1-0.2-0.2-0.6-0.2-0.8-0.2h-12c-1.2
0-2 0.8-2 2s0.8 2 2 2h7.2l-18.6 18.6c-0.8 0.8-0.8 2 0 2.8 0.4 0.4 0.8
0.6 1.4 0.6s1-0.2 1.4-0.6l18.6-18.6v7.2c0 1.2 0.8 2 2 2s2-0.8
2-2v-12c0-0.2 0-0.6-0.2-0.8z"></path>
</svg>

It can be inserted anywhere repeatedly with "use xlink:href".

This is great, why haven't they adopted this? There is no equivalent besides maybe U+1F517 which doesn't convey the same meaning:

glyph aggregated fonts like NerdFont and similar have something like it already:

 

[The Mass Shooter Ron Soye]

There is no equivalent besides maybe U+1F517 which doesn't convey the same meaning:

I have used that one to convey the same meaning, but it's less obvious, and it would be nice to have something so widely used in Unicode rather than more pregnant/vomiting modifiers.