Interesting, looks like Firefox automatically resolves these to the real letters in the address bar, but leaves them as is for google search. Nice job aggregating these into an easy-to-use font.
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#22This is (ab)using unicode, for example the F is actually a Mathematical Bold Fraktur Capital F: https://www.compart.com/en/unicode/U+1D571 This is terrible for screen readers and the like which are unable to read or understand these unicode characters making accessibility a real concern.
I don't see why screen readers can't just be extended to handle characters that look like F.
Because they have uses outside of the abuse. If you always expect that they're being used improperly, then you mess up the actual use cases.
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#23This is (ab)using unicode, for example the F is actually a Mathematical Bold Fraktur Capital F: https://www.compart.com/en/unicode/U+1D571 This is terrible for screen readers and the like which are unable to read or understand these unicode characters making accessibility a real concern.
I don't see why screen readers can't just be extended to handle characters that look like F.
They certainly could, but resources are limited and they probably have more important tasks.
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#24This is (ab)using unicode, for example the F is actually a Mathematical Bold Fraktur Capital F: https://www.compart.com/en/unicode/U+1D571 This is terrible for screen readers and the like which are unable to read or understand these unicode characters making accessibility a real concern.
I wonder actually. Google seems to understand these, you can search with them. I wouldn't be surprised if screen readers understand these symbols. They're originally for Mathematics, and I'm sure there's plenty of blind mathematicians.
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#25𝕷𝖊𝖙’𝖘 𝖘𝖊𝖊 𝖍𝖔𝖜 𝖋𝖆𝖘𝖙 𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖘 𝖎𝖘 𝖆𝖇𝖚𝖘𝖊𝖉 𝖙𝖔 𝖉𝖗𝖆𝖜 𝖆𝖙𝖙𝖊𝖓𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓 𝖙𝖔 𝕳𝕹 𝖘𝖚𝖇𝖒𝖎𝖘𝖘𝖎𝖔𝖓𝖘 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖈𝖔𝖒𝖒𝖊𝖓𝖙𝖘.
I think it will be a good way to attract downvotes moreso than attention.
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#26There's a program/extension somewhere that allows these extra "fonts" in facebook comments sections... One of my family members started typing in some weird math font that broke on my old tablet.
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#27This is fantastic. How does this work?
Using characters that are in Unicode, like black letter, double-strike and whatnot.
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#28This is awesome! But how does it work? I don't understand how this is possible
They're included in unicode for whatever reason [1]. It'll work in everything that handles unicode properly and has a font that includes those characters.
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#29This is (ab)using unicode, for example the F is actually a Mathematical Bold Fraktur Capital F: https://www.compart.com/en/unicode/U+1D571 This is terrible for screen readers and the like which are unable to read or understand these unicode characters making accessibility a real concern.
I don't see why screen readers can't just be extended to handle characters that look like F.
Depending on context it may not actually mean "F". Screen readers are not yet capable of fully understanding the meaning behind the text they are reading.
If for example someone uses this to write a mathematical formula, having a screen reader says "F" changes the entire meaning.
Could this be done, absolutely, but it is something to be aware of and is something I noticed on Twitter where blind users were complaining that they were unable to "read" Twitter messages using this, thereby making them second class citizens all over again.