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UTF-8 isn't such a bad encoding (although it isn't ideal for fix pitch text; I invented a character set and encoding which would be better for fix pitch text).
by zzo38computer 7y ago
UTF-8 isn't such a bad encoding (although it isn't ideal for fix pitch text; I invented a character set and encoding which would be better for fix pitch text). But I was not talking about the encoding; I was talking about the Unicode character set.
- msla 7y ago> UTF-8 isn't such a bad encoding (although it isn't ideal for fix pitch text; I invented a character set and encoding which would be better for fix pitch text). This is utterly incoherent.
- msla 7y agoCan anyone explain how the statement I responded to makes sense? I must be wrong, getting so many disagreements.
- magicalhippo 7y agoWell, UTF-8 is an encoding of Unicode, which allows for surrogate pairs and all that jazz which can be a bad fit for fixed-pitch text. For example, take a Zalgo text generator[1] and try to make the result make sense in a fixed-pitch (monospace) setting. At least that's my interpretation of what he tried to convey. [1]: http://eeemo.net/ http://eeemo.net/