Drawing with zero-width characters • Hacker News Board

Re: Drawing with zero-width characters

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Post by bawolff » Sat, Dec 27, 2025, 4:00 AM UTC

benswerd wrote: post #8

bawolff wrote: post #5

I can't tell if the results are just very bad or my browser is just not rendering properly. I feel like its probably the later but it would be cool to have a reference picture to be sure.

which browser are you using?

Android chrome and firefox.

Re: Drawing with zero-width characters

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Post by egypturnash » Sat, Dec 27, 2025, 4:37 AM UTC

benswerd wrote: post #22

gabcoh wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’m also not seeing the purported images on iOS 26.1 safari

It does not work on iOS Safari at all, it should show a warning at the top saying so

Nor on MacOS Safari.

Re: Drawing with zero-width characters

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Post by esperent » Sat, Dec 27, 2025, 4:38 AM UTC

bawolff wrote: post #5

I can't tell if the results are just very bad or my browser is just not rendering properly. I feel like its probably the later but it would be cool to have a reference picture to be sure.

Same here, Brave on Android. I see a load of wavy vertical lines with some striations that could pass for abstract art, but no obvious image.

Re: Drawing with zero-width characters

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Post by marginalia_nu » Sat, Dec 27, 2025, 9:26 AM UTC

frizlab wrote: post #17

gabcoh wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’m also not seeing the purported images on iOS 26.1 safari

It apparently only works correctly on chromium-based browsers.

Does not work for me with Chrome, though I guess it's missing some font.

Re: Drawing with zero-width characters

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Post by weare138 » Sun, Dec 28, 2025, 1:42 PM UTC

Warning: This article is best viewed in a Chromium-based browser (Chrome, Edge, Vivaldi, etc.) for intended rendering of stacking marks.

Chromium is the new Internet Explorer.