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Unicode obelisk

Posted on February 22nd, 2013 at 15:32 by Desiato in category: ¿ʞɔnɟ ǝɥʇ ʇɐɥʍ -- Write a comment

Given that ASCII has always had an asterisk character, why hasn’t the Unicode design committee had the sense of humor to add an obelisk character?

  1. Desiato on February 22nd, 2013 at 15:42:

    Oh, hey. http://codepoints.net/U+13276

  2. Sue W on February 22nd, 2013 at 16:19:

    Contrived, but you get the “I snorted coffee through my nasal passages” prize for this morning, Mr. D!

  3. Desiato on February 22nd, 2013 at 17:00:

    You’re welcome! It’s just something that came up in conversation. :)

  4. John Sinteur on February 23rd, 2013 at 8:56:

    That’s really an Idée fixe with you, eh?

  5. Desiato on February 23rd, 2013 at 9:44:

    Bon, je ne vais pas menhir…

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