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Why do I see a square? It is because of the encoding format on HN? Or because my browser's built in fonts don't have all the Unicodes?

• jisaacstone 13y ago
  Yes you need a font on your system that has a symbol for that codepoint. I know I had to install 'symbola' font to get `love hotel` to display a few months ago.
  • porges 13y ago
    Note that Google Chrome on Windows often can't display characters even if you have an appropriate font installed.
• gcr 13y ago
  It's not a character set issue. It's just that none of your fonts have that glyph. I'm on Linux, but after installing the symbola font (Arch package: `ttf-symbola`) and restarting firefox, the square turns into the proper thumbs up sign.
  • simcop2387 13y ago
    If you don't have a package for it in your distro, grab it from the author: http://users.teilar.gr/~g1951d/ http://users.teilar.gr/~g1951d/
  • mcrider 13y ago
    Oddly enough if you copy+paste the square to your URL bar it displays fine.
  • jtchang 13y ago
    What do I install on Ubuntu 10.04?
    • loevborg 13y ago
      On Ubuntu, try: mkdir -p ~/.fonts && wget -O /tmp/symbola.zip 'http://users.teilar.gr/~g1951d/Symbola708.zip' && unzip -j -d ~/.fonts /tmp/symbola.zip Symbola.ttf Restart Chrome. It should work on 10.04 or later (and possibly in earlier versions as well).
• cezary 13y ago
  After installing the symbola font, I still see the square. Chrome on OSX doesn't support emoji. Try viewing it in safari. http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/41228/why-do-emoji-like-appear-when-i-use-safari-but-not-chrome http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/41228/why-do-emoji-...