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Same post viewed in Lemmy, it's all squashed into the same space as horizontal text.

https://lemmy.ca/post

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[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 22 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

H̶̢̬̭̱̲͖̬̻̩̘̫͉̔͛̕e̵̢̖̜͓̘̫̹̙̫̻̱̣͓̐̅̍̏̍̅̅̑́̉͆̈͘͘͝ͅͅl̴̝͆͛̾̒͌͛̏̊̃̚̚͝͠͝l̵̨̡͙̗̩̱̘̼̖̪̃͋̀̆̀͑ơ̷̺͎̱͒̿̏̈̑́̑͠͝,̵̢̡͉̯͎͐͆̆ ̴̞̲̦̝͓͕̟̹̖̳̫͚̤̙̰̔̍͌̽̿̏̐́̽̒ͅͅI̷̢̡̻͇͙̲̺̾̊̆̂̈́͌̈́̄̉͑ ̵̢̛͓̥̱̲͎͈̣̳̮͖̝͗̌ͅa̶̫̗̗̠͖̰̠͚̳͔̻̺͎͓͍̘̤̎̒͌͗̏̄̌͂̒͝m̸̨̛̗̜̙̰̫͐̈̊͗͌̀̂̽́͜͝ ̴̳̰̻̋͆̀̽́̔̀͊̒͋͘̚s̴̻͋̍́̇̌͂̽̋͂̈͘̕̕c̶̡̢̧̡̘̺̝̬̱͖͔̥̝͍̑̏̃͌̃͊̌̄̓̀̍̚͜à̷̛̫̀̿̈́̒̒͆̏͆͗͌́̍͜r̴̤̐̀̉͂͂́̍̉͝ỵ̶͉̮͈̤̩͇̖̟̖͂̈̈͒̏͐̂̿̈́̂̅̕͠͝͝͝.̷̝̬͔̙̭͙͓̩̖̣̺̝̀͊̿̐̒̈͋̽̒̃̇̐̊̒̕̚͜͠ ̴͓̱̂̌͂B̵̭̱̠͙͋̒̌̆̓͆́͒̿o̷̡̬̬̪̗̫͉̬͇̰͎̺̻͛͝ọ̵̪͎̙̣͗̆̉̽̑͆̎̊̾͘̚͘͘!̴̰͆̐

[–] klu9@piefed.social 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 22 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's called Zalgo. Disappointingly, the Voyager UI protects me from it overflowing and smushes it together. :)

I imagine it is torture for people who use screen readers, so I apologise.

[–] klu9@piefed.social 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I hadn't even considered that.

My issue with it is that, instead of the space for it expanding to fit it, it overflows and covers UI elements like username, reply button etc.

[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah, it does that. That's (one reason) why it's good manners to use it sparingly.

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Or, you know, not use it at all.

[–] nomy@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago

It's exceptionally bad form to use it but Z͠a̛'l͘ga̶t҉ot̡h must be honored.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 2 points 2 weeks ago
[–] klu9@piefed.social 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I see the vertical text overlaps UI elements in the Notifications window too. And in comments.

[–] rimu@piefed.social 14 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I have deployed a fix. Thanks for bringing this up.

[–] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] rimu@piefed.social 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I had to remove the fix because it broke some other things 😅

[–] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

😂

GL🫡😔🤞

[–] keepthepace@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 week ago

Is there a legitimate use for vertical text? Japanese can be written horizontally as well, using vertical form is a literary choice but many japanese platforms opt out of it.

[–] klu9@piefed.social 3 points 2 weeks ago

Thanks for handling it. :)

[–] Zier@fedia.io 4 points 2 weeks ago

People trying to be 'cool & edgy' but it really just marks them as annoying idiots. Thanks for the self inflicted Scarlet Letter.

[–] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

Shame nobody 🧵 posted actual vertical text:

ᠪᠣᠰᠰᠣᠣ ᠲеᠻᠰᠲ

☝️ If you don't see this vertically, your client is lying to you.

Also, 🖕 Unicode.

[–] klu9@piefed.social 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Not vertical for me :(

I don't know what that stuff in the post in question is, so I just called it vertical text. Until I squinted, I thought it might have been Manchu script :D

[–] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Not vertical for me :(

Switch 𐑑 client 𐑞𐑑 1) displays vertical text 2) 𐑯 has recursive font support. 𐑓 Mongolian Bichig, Gecko is recommended. (Not by me). Mongolian White is rec. as well.

Here’s how our exchange should have looked like: sample mixed vertical&lefttoright markdown paragraph word wrapping of different languages


Like others already mentioned 🧵, «Zalgo» is randomized unicode diacritics abuse. If 𐑘𐑹 client escaped 𐑞 diacritics, 𐑘𐑹 font is displaying diacritics correctly.


𐑖𐑱𐑝𐑾𐑯 subs used

[–] klu9@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

Thanks for the info.

TIL about Zalgo text.

[–] liaizon@social.wake.st 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

@AntiBullyRanger @klu9 I would like to see the verticle text in action, where can I load this to see it?

[–] klu9@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago
  • I have since found out this not actually vertical text but something called Zalgo text, which adds lots of diacritics above and below letters to make the end result very tall. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zalgo_text
  • I haven't seen actual vertical text on PieFed yet.
[–] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I'm honestly at a loss for recommendations. I tried Iceraven, and it didn't have reading or vertical text mode. Einkbro’s orientation is jarring for LtR language mixed with verticals:

the excerpt below.

In portrait mode, it should paragraph leftward. Ideally a 25 character wrap to indent the next line in the paragraph. I’ll try make an html+css example later.

[–] keepthepace@slrpnk.net 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I love all the things unicode support by default but one should not be ashamed to refuse to support some features.

[–] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

For what other purpose does vertical text exist I ask you.

"Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack, in everything. That's how the light gets in."

[–] keepthepace@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 week ago

The typical example given is Japanese text traditionally being written vertically, but I am doubtful that it has any uses in a forum. That's a bit like claiming that you need cursive fonts because it is traditional in western countries.

[–] hono4kami@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago

This reminded me: One day I tried to read some Japanese novel in EPUB format. The text inside is, like many Japanese novel, vertical right-to-left.

None of the epub reader except Google Play Books displays it correctly, vertical right-to-left

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Cool way to make zalgo text, kinda.