Shapecatcher: draw to explore Unicode characters
November 11, 2011 2:42 PM Subscribe
Before using Shapecatcher, I never knew a CAT FACE WITH WRY SMILE unicode character existed.
Thanks, Shapecatcher. ๐ผ
posted by defenestration at 2:59 PM on November 11, 2011 [1 favorite]
Thanks, Shapecatcher. ๐ผ
posted by defenestration at 2:59 PM on November 11, 2011 [1 favorite]
This is good.
posted by hypersloth at 3:06 PM on November 11, 2011
posted by hypersloth at 3:06 PM on November 11, 2011
It didn't recognize Unicode Snowman, so it's dead to me, just like my writing skills.
posted by msbutah at 3:07 PM on November 11, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by msbutah at 3:07 PM on November 11, 2011 [1 favorite]
Oh. That's cool!
posted by eyeballkid at 3:17 PM on November 11, 2011
posted by eyeballkid at 3:17 PM on November 11, 2011
โญ
posted by ZenMasterThis at 3:22 PM on November 11, 2011
posted by ZenMasterThis at 3:22 PM on November 11, 2011
I was able to find the snowman, with my awesome art skilz
posted by delmoi at 3:32 PM on November 11, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by delmoi at 3:32 PM on November 11, 2011 [1 favorite]
Defenestration, That was the character recognized when I drew a portrait of Bill Cosby.
posted by munchingzombie at 3:36 PM on November 11, 2011
posted by munchingzombie at 3:36 PM on November 11, 2011
It's like Detexify for normal people!
posted by qxntpqbbbqxl at 3:38 PM on November 11, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by qxntpqbbbqxl at 3:38 PM on November 11, 2011 [1 favorite]
It would be nice if you could specify 'where' in the character space the character could go. Right now there's no way to distinguish between _ and โ
posted by delmoi at 3:39 PM on November 11, 2011
posted by delmoi at 3:39 PM on November 11, 2011
I drew the German double S, it gave me Vai syllable hin. I drew Pi and I got Latin small ligature long s t: ๏ฌ
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needs a bit of work.
posted by MiltonRandKalman at 4:01 PM on November 11, 2011
needs a bit of work.
posted by MiltonRandKalman at 4:01 PM on November 11, 2011
How does one go about beefing up their unicode library? Cause I really want these โ ๐๐ฑ โ instead of the squares with code-numbers.
posted by not_on_display at 4:08 PM on November 11, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by not_on_display at 4:08 PM on November 11, 2011 [2 favorites]
โฝ
I guess but it's totally missing the balls.
posted by 2bucksplus at 5:02 PM on November 11, 2011 [3 favorites]
I guess but it's totally missing the balls.
posted by 2bucksplus at 5:02 PM on November 11, 2011 [3 favorites]
โ๐ฃ ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐ฌ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ฅ๐ข ๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ฅ๐๐ฑ โ ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ช๐ข ๐ฌ๐ฃ ๐ถ๐ฌ๐ฒ ๐ ๐๐ซ'๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ก ๐ฑ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฐ, โ'๐ก ๐ญ๐ฏ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ถ ๐ซ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ด๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ค ๐ฑ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฐ ๐ด๐๐ถ.
posted by JHarris at 5:29 PM on November 11, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by JHarris at 5:29 PM on November 11, 2011 [2 favorites]
๐ฆ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ซ-- Sorry. iOS machines have access to the awesome Emoji characters not_on_display is using, but they don't have the fancy-pants gothic lettering I use above (which dunkadunc introduced me to). (No version of Safari does, it seems.)
posted by JHarris at 5:32 PM on November 11, 2011
posted by JHarris at 5:32 PM on November 11, 2011
I guess but it's totally missing the balls.
that was the first thing you drew too???
posted by indubitable at 6:14 PM on November 11, 2011
that was the first thing you drew too???
posted by indubitable at 6:14 PM on November 11, 2011
๐
posted by LogicalDash at 6:17 PM on November 11, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by LogicalDash at 6:17 PM on November 11, 2011 [1 favorite]
Solid.
posted by safetyfork at 6:44 PM on November 11, 2011
posted by safetyfork at 6:44 PM on November 11, 2011
JHarris: "Sorry. iOS machines have access to the awesome Emoji characters not_on_display is using, but they don't have the fancy-pants gothic lettering I use above (which dunkadunc introduced me to). (No version of Safari does, it seems.)"
I am using FF 7 on a Mac OS 10.6.8. I see only the squares in the example I used, and in all of JHarris's (claimed) gothic stuff (except the letter โ).
Again, any clue what I can put in my Library folder so that I can see the whole panopoly of funstuff?
posted by not_on_display at 7:07 PM on November 11, 2011
I am using FF 7 on a Mac OS 10.6.8. I see only the squares in the example I used, and in all of JHarris's (claimed) gothic stuff (except the letter โ).
Again, any clue what I can put in my Library folder so that I can see the whole panopoly of funstuff?
posted by not_on_display at 7:07 PM on November 11, 2011
Huh. In that case I expect it's the font that is being used to render the text. I'm using Trebuchet MS on Firefox 8 and seeing the gothic lettering but not the Emoji. (PC Safari isn't showing the Emoji either -- I think it's only Mobile Safari that's displaying it.)
posted by JHarris at 8:13 PM on November 11, 2011
posted by JHarris at 8:13 PM on November 11, 2011
(You can change the font Metafilter uses for its text in the site's preferences.)
posted by JHarris at 8:13 PM on November 11, 2011
posted by JHarris at 8:13 PM on November 11, 2011
Wow. I got three hundred twelve responses for drawing a question mark backward, including Braille.
posted by halfbuckaroo at 7:20 AM on November 12, 2011
posted by halfbuckaroo at 7:20 AM on November 12, 2011
Some finds:
The Legendary Snowman: โ
Interrobang: โฝ
Upside-down Ampersand: โ
White Right Pointing Index: โ
Writing Hand: โ
Pencil: โ
Lots of dominoes (most font don't have 'em though I think): ๐๐๐๐ก๐ฑ๐ ๐ท๐ฏ๐ฆ
White Telephone: โ
White Rectangle: โญ
Lots of asterisks and stars: โณโตโโโโดโโผโปโฏโโทโโฝโขโโโโ
"Reference Mark": โป
Regular Snowflake: โ
Tight Trifolate Snowflake: โ
Wheel of Dharma: โธ
White Sun with Rays: โผ
Watch: โ
Atom Symbol: โ (doesn't display in my Metafilter body font, Trebuchet MS)
Lots of squares: โโกโโโปโโซโขโฃโฌโณโซโฉโ
Lots of circles: โฏโโโฆโโโ
Triangles: โณโฌโโตโฎโฝโโงโงโง (less represented in Trebuchet)
Some Scissors: โโโ
Arrows: โณโฝโ โโผโโฌโโฐโคโบโนโโฌโฌโโฌโซโฌโญโฌโซโฟโน
Per Ten Thousand Sign: โฑ
Moons: โพโฝ
"Sector": โ
Crosses: โโฆโฑ
Double-struck Italic 'D': โ
Mahjong tiles: ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฃ (not showing up in Trebuchet MS either)
Draughts Men: โโ (now showing, games seem to be underrepresented)
Chess Pieces: โโโโ (unless the game is chess)
Unnatural Acts of Punctuation: โโโโ (some not showing)
Crossed Circle ("Not Allowed"): โ (not showing)
Staff of Hermes: โ (not showing, no Zoidberg)
Gender Signs: โโโฆโขโฒโง (less common ones not showing)
Roman Numeral 100,000: โ (not showing)
Die faces: โโ (not showing)
Playing Card Back: ๐ (not showing)
Playing Card Knight of Spades: ๐ฌ (not showing)
White hexagon: โฌก (not showing)
I have no mouth but I must kern: ๐ถ (not showing)
More emotes: ๐๐๐ท๐๐๐๐๐โบ๐ญ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ช๐๐ฑโน๐๐ฒ๐ (most not showing, may be some duplicates)
Animal emotes: ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐บ๐น๐ฟ๐ธ๐พ (not showing)
Emphasis symbol: โ (not showing)
Helm symbol: โ (not showing)
Wheelchair Symbol: โฟ (not showing, that's not very accessible-friendly, Trebuchet!)
Recycling Symbols: โฒโบ (and not environmentally-minded either)
Notably absent: Stick men, Pac-Man
posted by JHarris at 11:28 AM on November 12, 2011
The Legendary Snowman: โ
Interrobang: โฝ
Upside-down Ampersand: โ
White Right Pointing Index: โ
Writing Hand: โ
Pencil: โ
Lots of dominoes (most font don't have 'em though I think): ๐๐๐๐ก๐ฑ๐ ๐ท๐ฏ๐ฆ
White Telephone: โ
White Rectangle: โญ
Lots of asterisks and stars: โณโตโโโโดโโผโปโฏโโทโโฝโขโโโโ
"Reference Mark": โป
Regular Snowflake: โ
Tight Trifolate Snowflake: โ
Wheel of Dharma: โธ
White Sun with Rays: โผ
Watch: โ
Atom Symbol: โ (doesn't display in my Metafilter body font, Trebuchet MS)
Lots of squares: โโกโโโปโโซโขโฃโฌโณโซโฉโ
Lots of circles: โฏโโโฆโโโ
Triangles: โณโฌโโตโฎโฝโโงโงโง (less represented in Trebuchet)
Some Scissors: โโโ
Arrows: โณโฝโ โโผโโฌโโฐโคโบโนโโฌโฌโโฌโซโฌโญโฌโซโฟโน
Per Ten Thousand Sign: โฑ
Moons: โพโฝ
"Sector": โ
Crosses: โโฆโฑ
Double-struck Italic 'D': โ
Mahjong tiles: ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฃ (not showing up in Trebuchet MS either)
Draughts Men: โโ (now showing, games seem to be underrepresented)
Chess Pieces: โโโโ (unless the game is chess)
Unnatural Acts of Punctuation: โโโโ (some not showing)
Crossed Circle ("Not Allowed"): โ (not showing)
Staff of Hermes: โ (not showing, no Zoidberg)
Gender Signs: โโโฆโขโฒโง (less common ones not showing)
Roman Numeral 100,000: โ (not showing)
Die faces: โโ (not showing)
Playing Card Back: ๐ (not showing)
Playing Card Knight of Spades: ๐ฌ (not showing)
White hexagon: โฌก (not showing)
I have no mouth but I must kern: ๐ถ (not showing)
More emotes: ๐๐๐ท๐๐๐๐๐โบ๐ญ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ช๐๐ฑโน๐๐ฒ๐ (most not showing, may be some duplicates)
Animal emotes: ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐บ๐น๐ฟ๐ธ๐พ (not showing)
Emphasis symbol: โ (not showing)
Helm symbol: โ (not showing)
Wheelchair Symbol: โฟ (not showing, that's not very accessible-friendly, Trebuchet!)
Recycling Symbols: โฒโบ (and not environmentally-minded either)
Notably absent: Stick men, Pac-Man
posted by JHarris at 11:28 AM on November 12, 2011
On iOS, every asterisk, square, circle and scissors are showing. Many of the arrows are not. The unusual gender signs are, as are the chessmen, dice, wheelchair and recycling symbols. The atom is showing too. Most of the emotes and the large question marks and exclamation point are showing as emoji (colored symbols popularized as Japanese cell phone emoticons). The double-stroked italic 'd' is showing too.
posted by JHarris at 11:36 AM on November 12, 2011
posted by JHarris at 11:36 AM on November 12, 2011
Again, any clue what I can put in my Library folder so that I can see the whole panopoly of funstuff?
I have CODE2000 and CODE2001 installed as backstop fonts. They're not the prettiest fonts but they're comprehensive. (The author, James Kass, and his website seem to have disappeared. Not sure what's up with that, but the fonts are freeware so I've linked to other places they can be found.)
The Unicode website also has a list of font resources.
posted by hattifattener at 9:07 PM on November 12, 2011 [1 favorite]
I have CODE2000 and CODE2001 installed as backstop fonts. They're not the prettiest fonts but they're comprehensive. (The author, James Kass, and his website seem to have disappeared. Not sure what's up with that, but the fonts are freeware so I've linked to other places they can be found.)
The Unicode website also has a list of font resources.
posted by hattifattener at 9:07 PM on November 12, 2011 [1 favorite]
(Ah, and if I add Quivera, I only have two missing characters on this pageโ a couple of the cat emoticons.)
posted by hattifattener at 9:21 PM on November 12, 2011
posted by hattifattener at 9:21 PM on November 12, 2011
Ah! I will look into those, thanks! I notice that every cat emoticon above shows up on the iPad -- two of them (well, one's a mouse) as emoji.
posted by JHarris at 10:55 PM on November 12, 2011
posted by JHarris at 10:55 PM on November 12, 2011
Oh neat, the crossed circle is actually a combining mark: โโ NO SNOWMANS
posted by hattifattener at 11:57 PM on November 12, 2011
posted by hattifattener at 11:57 PM on November 12, 2011
GNU Freefont is pretty comprehensive.
posted by LogicalDash at 5:47 AM on November 13, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by LogicalDash at 5:47 AM on November 13, 2011 [2 favorites]
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