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Shapecatcher – Find Unicode characters by drawing

28 points by diggan 2y ago

lovegrenoble 2y ago
very approximate...
michaelmior 2y ago
This reminds me of Detexify for LaTeX. Very cool! Worked well with the one symbol I tried :) https://detexify.kirelabs.org/classify.html https://detexify.kirelabs.org/classify.html
ubj 2y ago
This looks great! The Detexify web app [1] does something similar for LaTeX notation and has been incredibly helpful. Looking forward to using Shapecatcher! [1]: https://detexify.kirelabs.org/classify.html https://detexify.kirelabs.org/classify.html
GauntletWizard 2y ago
It worked for zero of the Hangul characters I tried, either from the syllables set or the Jamo composition block. My Korean handwriting leaves a lot to be desired, especially on the phone, but it did suggest several similar katakana, so I'm surprised by the omission
- adzm 2y ago
  It says this: > Currently, there are 11817 unicode character glyphs in the database. Japanese, Korean and Chinese characters are currently not supported.
  - bmalum 2y ago
    well does also not work for most of the ones I tried without those. Do you get “pi” to work?
  - deleted 2y ago
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- bmalum 2y ago
  try the pi π - does also not work. Far off tbh
  - divbzero 2y ago
    It worked for me on the second try. The lines had to connect just right. Empty set ∅ and therefore ∴ worked for me too.
  - malicka 2y ago
    I’ve used Shapecatcher since laat time it was mentioned on HN, and found it pretty dang useful and surprisingly accurate. Pi’s worked fine for me, among others… did you draw it with multiple strokes, or maybe make the sides too straight?
stevage 2y ago
This has been around forever, right? I seem to remember using it like 15 years ago.
infocollector 2y ago
Bug fix request: On the webpage (https://shapecatcher.com/unicodefonts.html https://shapecatcher.com/unicodefonts.html) - the download links for the fonts is broken. Perhaps fix? Also, does it make sense to combine the OTF files into a single file that shows the match you make instead of having it broken down into multiple files?
extraduder_ire 2y ago
Always liked this site for finding characters I don't know the exact name of. Wish someone would turn it into an android keyboard, or at least a layout for anysoftkey.

28 points by diggan 2y ago

very approximate...

This reminds me of Detexify for LaTeX. Very cool! Worked well with the one symbol I tried :) https://detexify.kirelabs.org/classify.html https://detexify.kirelabs.org/classify.html

ubj 2y ago

This looks great! The Detexify web app [1] does something similar for LaTeX notation and has been incredibly helpful. Looking forward to using Shapecatcher! [1]: https://detexify.kirelabs.org/classify.html https://detexify.kirelabs.org/classify.html

GauntletWizard 2y ago

It worked for zero of the Hangul characters I tried, either from the syllables set or the Jamo composition block. My Korean handwriting leaves a lot to be desired, especially on the phone, but it did suggest several similar katakana, so I'm surprised by the omission

adzm 2y ago
It says this: > Currently, there are 11817 unicode character glyphs in the database. Japanese, Korean and Chinese characters are currently not supported.
- bmalum 2y ago
  well does also not work for most of the ones I tried without those. Do you get “pi” to work?
- deleted 2y ago
  [deleted]
bmalum 2y ago
try the pi π - does also not work. Far off tbh
- divbzero 2y ago
  It worked for me on the second try. The lines had to connect just right. Empty set ∅ and therefore ∴ worked for me too.
- malicka 2y ago
  I’ve used Shapecatcher since laat time it was mentioned on HN, and found it pretty dang useful and surprisingly accurate. Pi’s worked fine for me, among others… did you draw it with multiple strokes, or maybe make the sides too straight?

stevage 2y ago

This has been around forever, right? I seem to remember using it like 15 years ago.

infocollector 2y ago

Bug fix request: On the webpage (https://shapecatcher.com/unicodefonts.html https://shapecatcher.com/unicodefonts.html) - the download links for the fonts is broken. Perhaps fix? Also, does it make sense to combine the OTF files into a single file that shows the match you make instead of having it broken down into multiple files?

extraduder_ire 2y ago

Always liked this site for finding characters I don't know the exact name of. Wish someone would turn it into an android keyboard, or at least a layout for anysoftkey.