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A bold Unicode word rendering correctly beside four empty tofu boxesUnicode Explained
July 10, 20268 min read

Why Your Fancy Text Shows as Boxes (and How to Fix It)

Empty boxes mean the reading device has no glyph for a character. How to tell tofu apart from U+FFFD and U+FFFC, and which Unicode blocks survive everywhere.

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Three blackletter word samples labelled Blackletter, Fraktur and Old EnglishStyle Guides
May 21, 20266 min read

Gothic vs Blackletter vs Old English: A Typography Primer

Blackletter is the family, Fraktur is one branch, Old English is a typeface name. What each term means, and the two alphabets Unicode actually ships.

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The same styled word rendering on iPhone and as empty boxes on older AndroidPlatform Guides
June 24, 20267 min read

Why Some Fonts Break on iPhone but Work on Android

The character is identical on both platforms. What differs is the font stack: iOS ships one, Android ships hundreds.

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A styled bio beside the Unicode character names a screen reader may announceAccessibility
June 8, 20269 min read

Are Fancy Fonts Accessible? What Screen Readers Actually Read

Styled text swaps letters for different Unicode characters. What screen readers announce, and where to draw the line.

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