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Unicode Character β€œπ•β€ (U+1D54F)

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Re: Unicode Character β€œπ•β€ (U+1D54F)

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Post by quietbritishjim Β»

jjgreen wrote: post #114

Interesting comment on the Register (by Jedit): However, it's also exactly identical to Unicode character 1D54F - because that's all it is. And if you examine the full "X" logo in detail, you'll notice that the scratch in the background doesn't reach the X because all the logo creator did was put U+1D54F in a black square and slap it onto the backdrop. It's the epitome of laziness. https://forums.theregister.com/foru…

> you'll notice that the scratch in the background doesn't reach the X

What does this mean?

I've tried finding various images of the X logo on news sites and twitter.com itself and I don't see anything resembling a "scratch in the background" but maybe I'm just missing something obvious.

Re: Unicode Character β€œπ•β€ (U+1D54F)

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Post by bawolff Β»

samwillis wrote: post #116
Turing_Machine wrote: post #107

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wait until you find out about "apple" and "windows".

Apple and windows are trademarks for software. You would be unable to get the trademark "Apple" for a company selling fruit, or "windows" for a window fitter, and neither could Apple or Microsoft. 𝕏 is a pre-existing symbol used by, and part of a standard character set for, software. You could probably get a trademark on it for a company selling apples, but I highly doubt you could for a software company.

> 𝕏 is a pre-existing symbol used by

"used by" is pretty debatable. Its a fairly obscure character. I don't think being in unicode by itself is sufficient enough to count.

Re: Unicode Character β€œπ•β€ (U+1D54F)

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Post by Izkata Β»

bhouston wrote: post #95
lifthrasiir wrote: post #55

It's actually time for someone to adopt this character [1] at the gold level ($5,000), which is only allowed for the single entity and doesn't expire---so that X.com doesn't have a chance to sponsor the character at the same level. [1] https://home.unicode.org/adopt-a-character/about-adopt-a-cha...

Who cares if x.com sponsors it? In fact they should because emojis are so popular on it and Unicode could use the fund. Why should someone try to get this? What is their benefit?

Because it's trendy to hate on Elon.

Re: Unicode Character β€œπ•β€ (U+1D54F)

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Post by illwrks Β»

cubefox wrote: post #119
jjgreen wrote: post #114

Interesting comment on the Register (by Jedit): However, it's also exactly identical to Unicode character 1D54F - because that's all it is. And if you examine the full "X" logo in detail, you'll notice that the scratch in the background doesn't reach the X because all the logo creator did was put U+1D54F in a black square and slap it onto the backdrop. It's the epitome of laziness. https://forums.theregister.com/foru…

When it comes to logos, I'm all in favor of laziness. People get way too hung up on something that unimportant.

In most instances it's unimportant, until there's a legal requirement for it to be unique and trademarked. What's to stop me mass-producing merchandise with that symbol on it right now?

Re: Unicode Character β€œπ•β€ (U+1D54F)

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Post by [deleted] Β»

Turing_Machine wrote: post #113
rlglwx wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Twitter was doing fine. By taking it private, he saddled it with massive debt its current revenue couldn’t service. And every decision thereafter has been half baked and poorly executed. So by trying to β€œsave” it, he’s killing it much quicker than if it had just been left alone.

> Twitter was doing fine. It was losing $4 million per day.

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