Why isn't the external link symbol in Unicode? (2018)
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Re: Why isn't the external link symbol in Unicode? (2018)
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Re: Why isn't the external link symbol in Unicode? (2018)
#3...and U+1F4A9 is!
Re: Why isn't the external link symbol in Unicode? (2018)
#4...and U+1F4A9 is!
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Re: Why isn't the external link symbol in Unicode? (2018)
#5What's the code point for uppercase superscript Z?
j/k there isnt one.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode_subscripts_and_supersc...
No doubt those emoji's are more important and historically common than superscript uppercase C F Q S X Y and Z.
Re: Why isn't the external link symbol in Unicode? (2018)
#6The reason for rejection, for better or worse, is that this is a functional element, like a button, rather than part of running text.
Re: Why isn't the external link symbol in Unicode? (2018)
#7God, they spend so much time on emoji which is much the same. They are becoming a bit of a joke!
Re: Why isn't the external link symbol in Unicode? (2018)
#8God, they spend so much time on emoji which is much the same. They are becoming a bit of a joke!
You don't expect to be able to click emoji, and they don't lose their meaning when printed out on paper.
Re: Why isn't the external link symbol in Unicode? (2018)
#9> It is unclear that the entity in question is actually an element of plain text, given the inevitable connection to its function in linking to other documents, and thus its coexistence with markup for links. Furthermore, the existing widespread practice of representing this sign on web pages using images (often specified via CSS styles) would be unlikely to benefit from attempting to encode a character for this image.
I don't really have a horse in this race, but... isn't the existing widespread practice of representing the sign using images attributable to the fact there is not a character available? What else do they want people to do? The point of adding the character is so that in the future people can use text instead of an image.
Re: Why isn't the external link symbol in Unicode? (2018)
#10God, they spend so much time on emoji which is much the same. They are becoming a bit of a joke!
You don't expect to be able to click emoji, and they don't lose their meaning when printed out on paper.
But this particular symbol just lost his meaning when printed. You don't expect to click on a paper, right?