Font display bug

[Mikestang]

I'm not sure what the character is, but it makes squiggly lines up my screen:



If I mouse over the topic link the squiggles shrink:

[marcotheminer]

It's some Thai character and it's known to do just that .

[tspacepilot]

It's some Thai character and it's known to do just that .

When you say "it's known", I wonder if you can point us to some reference.  Ie, I'm curious if this is a smf thing, a browser thing, a unicode thing, a font thing, etc.

[tspacepilot]

You mean this?

ก็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็     ก็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็ก็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็ก็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็ก็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็

Not just on SMF.

Well, but that's not doing the weird sideways text thingy that the OP shows in the screenshot.

[CrackedLogic]

You mean this?

ก็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็     ก็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็ก็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็ก็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็ก็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็

Not just on SMF.

Well, but that's not doing the weird sideways text thingy that the OP shows in the screenshot.

It is on my display. I think it's meant to do that.

[tspacepilot]

You mean this?

ก็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็     ก็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็ก็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็ก็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็ก็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็

Not just on SMF.

Well, but that's not doing the weird sideways text thingy that the OP shows in the screenshot.

It is on my display. I think it's meant to do that.

Interesting, well, on my display it looks all horizontal like all the other text.   I guess I can do some reading on this character to follow up on my curiosity now that I know which one it is.  Cheers guys!

[Mikestang]

Check back in and let me know what you find.

[tarsua]

I saw this earlier too, i thought it was just me so i didnt say anything, what is the use of this character? im sure it means nothing

[koelen3]

You mean this?

ก็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็     ก็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็ก็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็ก็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็ก็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็

Not just on SMF.

I certainly want to know how do we type that
What is this word called ?

[tspacepilot]

Check back in and let me know what you find.

Okay, it seems that Thai has some combining diacritics which are allowed to stack and they go off to the left or to the right or straight up.  So it's not actually the text being sideways it's like a huge stack of accent marks over a letter that are stacked up over the line above.  I couldn't really get that particular font effect on my system (I did a bunch of the combining diacritics by entering them again and again in vim, but I don't see the stacking effect).  Anyway, that's not too surprising since, as far as I know, I don't have any Thai font support packages installed.  Anyway, here's a stack overflow with links to further resources on the phenomenon: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9310177/whats-the-character-encoding-used


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[redsn0w]

This is what I see:




I also noticed this fact yesterday, but I thought it was only my problem... so is it related with the forum software not with our OS or browser?

[tspacepilot]

This is what I see:




I also noticed this fact yesterday, but I thought it was only my problem... so is it related with the forum software not with our OS or browser?

Nope, it is not related to the forum software.  I'm not seeing the stacked diacritics in my browser and we're both using the same forum software.  What's going on is how your system deals with these stacked glyphs.  It may be related to whatever font you're using on your system or it may be related to your browser.  One thing we're sure of is that it doesn't have to do with SMF because you see it and I don't.

[crazyearner]

This is caused by not having fonts on persons system that can not read it and makes it look funny and sideways. Forum software can have the codecs installed to read it but most wont. People a few months back went crazy on btc-e spamming with the letters and throws chat off and bugs it out. Installing the fonts on your system can stop this but finding the Wright font that holds the carter sets in will take time to find the correct one.

[TheRealSteve]

This is caused by not having fonts on persons system that can not read it and makes it look funny and sideways.

Or it's just unicode screwery :p

MY FACE MY FACE ᵒh god no NO NOO̼O​O NΘ stop the an​*̶͑̾̾​̅ͫ͏̙̤g͇̫͛͆̾ͫ̑͆l͖͉̗̩̳̟̍ͫͥͨe̠̅s ͎a̧͈͖r̽̾̈́͒͑e n​ot rè̑ͧ̌aͨl̘̝̙̃ͤ͂̾̆ ZA̡͊͠͝LGΌ ISͮ̂҉̯͈͕̹̘̱ TO͇̹̺ͅƝ̴ȳ̳ TH̘Ë͖́̉ ͠P̯͍̭O̚​N̐Y̡ H̸̡̪̯ͨ͊̽̅̾̎Ȩ̬̩̾͛ͪ̈́̀́͘ ̶̧̨̱̹̭̯ͧ̾ͬC̷̙̲̝͖ͭ̏ͥͮ͟Oͮ͏̮̪̝͍M̲̖͊̒ͪͩͬ̚̚͜Ȇ̴̟̟͙̞ͩ͌͝S̨̥̫͎̭ͯ̿̔̀ͅ

See also: http://www.eeemo.net/

[tspacepilot]

This is caused by not having fonts on persons system that can not read it and makes it look funny and sideways.

Or it's just unicode screwery :p

MY FACE MY FACE ᵒh god no NO NOO̼O​O NΘ stop the an​*̶͑̾̾​̅ͫ͏̙̤g͇̫͛͆̾ͫ̑͆l͖͉̗̩̳̟̍ͫͥͨe̠̅s ͎a̧͈͖r̽̾̈́͒͑e n​ot rè̑ͧ̌aͨl̘̝̙̃ͤ͂̾̆ ZA̡͊͠͝LGΌ ISͮ̂҉̯͈͕̹̘̱ TO͇̹̺ͅƝ̴ȳ̳ TH̘Ë͖́̉ ͠P̯͍̭O̚​N̐Y̡ H̸̡̪̯ͨ͊̽̅̾̎Ȩ̬̩̾͛ͪ̈́̀́͘ ̶̧̨̱̹̭̯ͧ̾ͬC̷̙̲̝͖ͭ̏ͥͮ͟Oͮ͏̮̪̝͍M̲̖͊̒ͪͩͬ̚̚͜Ȇ̴̟̟͙̞ͩ͌͝S̨̥̫͎̭ͯ̿̔̀ͅ

See also: http://www.eeemo.net/

Actually, it's already answered above and referred to in the answer to that stackexchange that I linked to.  The deal is that Thai has some diacritics which can be stacked indefinitely.  Presumably the fonts that show the stacking are doing the right thing.  If I write "looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool", we can's say that it's "unicode screwery" that your font didn't shorten that to "lol",  it's just that what I wrote was some screwery in itself. 

[okae]

well yes i notice it too and i was thinking that was my own problem.

the problem that i see here is that by doing it you can made threads more striking, so in the end is like a good way to "spam".

im sure they can use another fonts