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Problem with special characters - PDF/UA - Screenreader:

I ran into a problem with two glyphs – 🅭 and 🅯 – when creating an accessible PDF. Text set in Source Sans 3.
Tests with InDesign/MadeToTag export and LibreOffice PDF/UA export show the following:
The PDF(s) pass the PDF/UA checks with PAC and pdfToolbox but 🅭 and 🅯 are not read aloud e.g. by Acrobat.

Is this a known issue?

🅭 (1F16D - CIRCLED CC)
🅯 (1F16F - CIRCLED HUMAN FIGURE)

#accessibility#screenreader#PDFUA
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Paolo Amoroso

What sets apart the Cascii web-based ASCII diagram editor from similar tools is it manipulates whole shapes, not just individual characters, and can save them for further modification. Plus it's shokingly easy to self-host and run locally.

github.com/casparwylie/cascii-

A web-based ASCII and Unicode diagram builder written in vanilla Javascript - casparwylie/cascii-core
GitHubGitHub - casparwylie/cascii-core: A web-based ASCII and Unicode diagram builder written in vanilla JavascriptA web-based ASCII and Unicode diagram builder written in vanilla Javascript - casparwylie/cascii-core
#diagrams#ascii#unicode
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katzenberger 🇺🇦

Puzzling question of the day: why are there two #emojis / #Unicode code points for tickets?

🎟️ "Admission Tickets" ( U+1F39F)
🎫 "Ticket" (U+1F3AB)

The Unicode documentation seems to suggest that "admission tickets" don't refer to unique events, but merely to "access" (like to a museum); whereas "ticket" refers to performances and events.

However, almost all online emoji resource sites claim that "admission tickets" may refer to events, as well.

So: what's the rule, here?

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Andrew C

Hey, fedi #Unicode nerds! :boostRequest:

#OpenStreetMap's Andy Mabbett (@Pigsonthewing) is asking whether anyone knows about any instances of the #OrdnanceSurvey's bench mark symbol appearing in actual print, on a page. Looks a bit like ⭱ or ⤒ but a broader arrow. Usually found carved on stone or brick all over the UK/ROI.

Their goal is to propose it as a Unicode symbol! community.openstreetmap.org/t/

Any known international usage of this symbol would doubtless be appreciated too

@openstreetmap

A non-print example. The most common form of the symbol, although other variants exist. It's carved into a smooth block of stone on the side of a building or monument plinth, and it looks like a capital T with an upside down V overlaid onto it so that the two angled lines from the V come together with the T's vertical stroke to meat its horizontal stroke at a single point. All the bottom lines taper toward that point. Looking at it another way, it's a horizontal line with an arrow pointing at it, saying "here, this level!" They were used for marking height reference points during various surveys of the British isles. Photo by Mike Taylor on geograph.org.uk, CC:by
Another non-print example. This is another form of the symbol. I don't know how common. This one's a pre-cast metal (?) plaque with a serial number set into a wall. The arrow lacks the top bar, but above it, along with the O and S of Ordnance Survey, are some very specific-looking slots. Perhaps the slots accepted some sort of surveying equipment. Photo by Gary Rogers on geograph. Links can be found in this thread below.
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Arne Babenhauserheide

Unicode pictograms to mark progressively rising values:
draketo.de/anderes/unicode-ico

For Ace Maths I searched for unicode icons to mark progression: show that you’re getting better. Since I found a lot of different options (from simple sparklines to a huge list of animals), I’m collecting them in this article.

Includes a tip for somewhat better, automatic #unicode "image" suppport #LaTeX with plain #pdflatex / #pdftex

The different lists of pictograms from the site.
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Jim DeLaHunt

@stuartyeates who is this "we" who is doing the excluding? And as for #Unicode, its scope is encoding plain text. Gestural signs by human bodies are not plain text, so they are out of scope for Unicode. So are smoke signals and bird calls and blues riffs. I don't get why you frame this as exclusion.

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Alain MICHEL 🤓

Faux gras, caractères fantaisistes, abus d’émojis : le détournement des caractères Unicode, fléau pour l’#accessibilité du #Web

On observe actuellement une mode de rédaction de messages publiés sur les réseaux sociaux donnant l'impression que le texte bénéficie d'une mise en forme particulière (gras, italique, souligné, script, etc.) grâce à certains caractères #Unicode.

Une véritable plaie pour les personnes utilisant des lecteurs d'écran !

par @lalutineduweb

lalutineduweb.fr/detournement-

Illustration montrant le texte suivant : « faux gras, faux italique, caractères fantaisistes au style gothique ou script » suivi de plusieurs émojis. Le texte est mis en forme en utilisant des caractères Unicode destinés normalement à des écritures mathématiques par exemple, de façon à donner l'impression d'un texte en gras, ou en italique, etc. Cette pratique ne permet pas la lecture des contenus au moyen de lecteurs d'écran utilisés par des personnes aveugles ou malvoyantes.
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