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⭐ Characters (symbols)
Ipernity uses UTF-8, which does not support all latest Unicode symbols. The followings should at least work:

▀ ▁ ▂ ▃ ▄ ▅ ▆ ▇ █ ▉ ▊ ▋ ▌ ▍ ▎ ▏ ▐ ░ ▒ ▓ ▔ ▕ ▖ ▗ ▘ ▙ ▚ ▛ ▜ ▝ ▞ ▟ ■ □ ▢ ▣ ▤ ▥ ▦ ▧ ▨ ▩ ▪ ▫ ▬ ▭ ▮ ▯ ▰ ▱ ▲ △ ▲ ▵ ▶ ▷ ▸ ▹ ► ▻ ▼ ▽ ▼ ▿ ◀ ◁ ◂ ◃ ◄ ◅ ◆ ◇ ◈ ◉ ◊ ○ ◌ ◍ ◎ ● ◐ ◑ ◒ ◓ ◔ ◕ ◖ ◗ ◘ ◙ ◚ ◛ ◜ ◝ ◞ ◟ ◠ ◡ ◢ ◣ ◤ ◥ ◦ ◧ ◨ ◩ ◪ ◫ ◬ ◭ ◮ ◯ ◰ ◱ ◲ ◳ ◴ ◵ ◶ ◷ ◸ ◹ ◺ ◻ ◼ ◽ ◾ ◿ ☄ ★ ☆ ☇ ☈ ☊ ☋ ☌ ☍ ☎ ☏ ☐ ☑ ☒ ☓ ☔ ☕ ☖ ☗ ☘ ☙ ❧ ☚ ☛ ☜ ☝ ☞ ☟ ☠ ☡ ☢ ☣ ☤ ☥ ☦ ☧ ☨ ☩ ☪ ☫ ☬ ☭ ☮ ☯ ☰ ☱ ☲ ☳ ☴ ☵ ☶ ☷ ☸ ☹ ☺ ☻ ♧ ♨ ♰ ♱ ♲ ♳ ♴ ♵ ♶ ♷ ♸ ♹ ♺ ♻ ♼ ♽ ♾ ✁ ✂ ✃ ✄ ✅ ✆ ✇ ✈ ✉ ✊ ✋ ✌ ✍ ✎ ✏ ⛾ © ⚿ ✔ ← → ⋮⌛ ⛔ ❌

How these symbols become displayed on different operating systems and browsers also varies.

Coffee
☕☕☕☕☕⛾⛾⛾⛾⛾

Astrology/astronomy
☉ ☽ ☾ ☿ ♀ ♁ ♂ ♃ ♄ ♅ ♆ ♇ ♈ ♉ ♊ ♋ ♌ ♍ ♎ ♏ ♐ ♑ ♒ ♓

Weather
℃ ℉ ☼ ☀ ☁ ☂ ☃

Music
♩ ♪ ♫ ♬ ♭ ♮ ♯

Games
♔ ♕ ♖ ♗ ♘ ♙ ♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟ ♠ ♡ ♢ ♣ ♤ ♥ ♦

Arrows
⇒ ⇨ ▶ ▷ ▸ ▹ ► ▻ ↻ ← ➽ ⬇️ ▶️ ↗️ ⏩ ⥅ ⎘

Some emojis
(^‿^) ツ (๏⏠๏) ʕꝊ◡Ꝋʔ ☹ ☺ ☻ ㋡ ㋡ ⍤ ⍨ ⍩ ⍥ 〠 Ѷ ﾂ ӫ

Stars & flowers
⭐★☆ ✩ ✫ ✪ ✰ ❀ ✿ ❁

Copyright
©

Some nice and colorful symbols working alright at least on Windows and Android
⛔ ❌✋ ✌ ✍ ☝ ⚡ ⛄ ⛅ ⚠️ ⏰ ✨ ❓ ❗ ⭕ ♿ ❤️ ⌛ ☔ ⬇️ ▶️ ↗️ ⏩ ⭐

Links
⇨ utf8 Icons ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
⇨ Lenny faces
⇨ UTF-8 Arrows
⇨ UTF-8 Miscellaneous Symbols
⇨ UTF-8 Dingbats
⇨ Kaomoji: Japanese Emoticons
⇨ Messletters for more symbols and even more
⇨ Text Symbols (Letters) at LingoJam






50 comments

Ghislaine said:

!!@
6 years ago ( translate )

Sami Serola (inactiv… said:

There are of course more ;-)
6 years ago

Stormlizard replied to Sami Serola (inactiv…:

Many, 7.500 Kanji among many other eastern written languages.
6 years ago

Amelia said:

????
6 years ago ( translate )

Sami Serola (inactiv… replied to :

Indeed there are =)

The point of this post is to test characters that can be found useful on comments.

For example I can use this ☰ I Ching trigram when I need to instruct someone to access the menu symbol used on some user interfaces.

Unfortunately number of later unicode characters are not used, like the emoticons:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emoticons_(Unicode_block)
6 years ago

Au Cœur... diagonalh… said:

I love that !
6 years ago

Xata said:

It would be nice...
6 years ago

Stormlizard replied to :

Presumably a lot depends upon which Code pages a user has installed on their computer, I have many because I hate opening a web page to be greeted byrows of empty square boxes.
6 years ago

Sylvain Wiart said:

it works, now we have to find a place where it is useful :-)) thanks !
6 years ago

Sami Serola (inactiv… replied to Sylvain Wiart:

I personally find these useful:

I Chin symbol ☰ to instruct what the menu symbol used here at Ipernity looks like.

Arrows like ▷ used instead of > and < to avoid mixing them with html code symbols.
6 years ago

Sami Serola (inactiv… replied to :

Oh, and ♡ to show how much I love Ipernity =D
6 years ago

Annaig56 said:

♫
♪
♪
♥
♦
♣
6 years ago ( translate )

Sami Serola (inactiv… replied to :

Yes, those code pages are needed as well. But most computers and operating system majority of users have are already capable to handle at least UTF-8. And in case of Ipernity that is the bottle neck. No fancy emojis available because of that limitation, which can be either good or bad, depending on the point of view ;-)

What I often like to have and use, are bullets and arrows, and that is why I posted this article. It gives me rather quick access to those special characters ☕
6 years ago

Sami Serola (inactiv… said:

Bump up! Because I need this quite often myself ;-)
5 years ago

Sami Serola (inactiv… said:

I've been looking for a symbol to show that link goes out from ipernity. Maybe this ⇰

Or →▯

Or →◻

Or ➚
5 years ago
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