Strange character..look at this ‫‬‭‮‪‫‬‭‫‬‭‮‪‫‬‭‮‫‬‭‮‪‫‬‭‫‬‭‮‪‫&

[Kesh]

Reply to this post and copy and paste the character below into the body and just start typing immediately after hitting ctl+v. :D

‫‬‭‮‪‫‬‭‫‬‭‮‪‫‬‭‮‫‬‭‮‪‫‬‭‫‬‭‮‪‫‬‭‮҉

[hewligan]

‫‬‭‮‪‫‬‭‫‬‭‮‪‫‬‭‮‫‬‭‮‪‫‬‭‫‬‭‮‪‫‬‭‮҉What, you mean sorta like we did over there:


http://www.graphicdesignforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=29785

:D

[gobes]

҉what's all this about then?

[gobes]

҉doesn't work for me!

[morea]

it's not actually the square that reverses the type, it's the invisible character beside it.

Check out the link hewligan posted. Follow the link in the original post of that thread, and copy the square and the character beside it. Pretty neat.

[The_Black_Knight]

‫‬‭‮‪‫‬‭‫‬‭‮‪‫‬‭‮‫‬‭‮‪‫‬‭‫‬‭‮‪‫‬‭‮What the heck?

Huh. that's pretty neat.

[SpugNothuson]

‫‬‭‮‪‫‬‭‫‬‭‮‪‫‬‭‮‫‬‭‮‪‫‬‭‫‬‭‮‪‫‬‭‮҉I still want to know how to do this without copy and paste.

I'm heading over to the other thread to see if I can find my answer there.

See you all over there. :)

[Kool]

Is my PC displaying this thing weird or something? Everyone keeps referring to it as a square but on mine it displays as circle of short line like spokes or a little sun. :confused:

[panzer]

so if i type that my type reverses ?

erm why would i wanna do that

sheesh

[mojoprime]

that's what i'm getting as well, kool. a nifty character. wonder what it would do to a RIP?

*rubs hands together and laughs maniaclly*

[The_Black_Knight]

that's what i'm getting as well, kool. a nifty character. wonder what it would do to a RIP?

*rubs hands together and laughs maniaclly*It might create scary problems with time travel. Sort of like putting a mirror on a copy machine or microwaving instant coffee. I would advise against it.

[Kesh]

‫‬‭‮‪‫‬‭‫‬‭‮‪‫‬‭‮‫‬‭‮‪‫‬‭‫‬‭‮‪‫‬‭‮҉

[gobes]

‫‬‭‮‪‫‬‭‫‬‭‮‪‫‬‭‮‫‬‭‮‪‫‬‭‫‬‭‮‪‫‬‭‮҉oh yeah! Should have said that before!

[hewligan]

Is my PC displaying this thing weird or something? Everyone keeps referring to it as a square but on mine it displays as circle of short line like spokes or a little sun. :confused:

Well, I've got a Mac at home - where I see a square - and a PC at work - where I see a circle, so that probably explains that one.

It's strictly a non-printable character, so if you sent it to a RIP, you should see nothing.

[morea]

I'm on a pc, and I see a square.
I'm using Maxthon, which is based on IE if memory serves.

Think it's a browser thing?

[mojoprime]

possibly. i'm on a pc but using firefox.

[Kool]

This is what I see on a PC with FireFox

[Exodus]

I see a question mark.

[Exodus]

‫‬‭‮‪‫‬‭‫‬‭‮‪‫‬‭‮‫‬‭‮‪‫‬‭‫‬‭‮‪‫‬‭‮҉GDF is the bees knees!

[morea]

maxthon gets the square:


http://i10.tinypic.com/4p1a3ys.jpg

[mojoprime]

i see what kool sees.

i also see dead people.

[hewligan]

Well, it's a non-printing control character, so if it is displayed, it's up to the application to render it. So, yeah, it'll look different depending on what you're using.

It's actually Unicode Character 'RIGHT-TO-LEFT OVERRIDE' (U+202E) (http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/202e/index.htm). It is possible to type it, but in Windows you have to alter a registry setting to allow Unicode input. Since I only have access to Windows at work, where I don't have permission to fiddle with the registry, I can't try it.

I can't seem to find any ways of directly entering unicode on a Mac.

[budafist]

I see a question mark too. Now...why would we want to write backwards again? As if we don't deal with enough copy from clients that don't make any sense!

[Red Kittie Kat]

҉Doesn't work in Maxthon lol :D

[morea]

It worked for me in Maxthon.

It's not actually the square that reverses the type, it's the invisible character beside it.

Check out the link hewligan posted (above). Follow the link in the original post of that thread, and copy the square and the "space" containing the invisible character beside it.

[hewligan]

Between the arrows is the character you need.

Copy from here --> ‮ereh ot -->

[hewligan]

Oh! Easier answer!

Go to this page (http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/202e/browsertest.htm). On the page is a text entry field labelled "Input Test." Click in it a do a select all (cmd/ctrl-a). It won't look like you've selected anything, but you have, only it's invisible. Copy that and paste it where you like.

‮Befor you know it you'll be typing backwards with the rest of us!

[Red Kittie Kat]

--> ‮ok I will see if this works ... Ooooooh it works!!:D

[hewligan]

‮Welcome to backwards world, Kitty! :D

[Red Kittie Kat]

‮why thank you handsome :D

[hewligan]

‮I tell ya, ever since I got me the new avatar, finally the ladies appreciate me for summat other than me brains ;)

[Red Kittie Kat]

‮Oh I appreciated you long before the new avatar darlin :D

[urstwile]

?I tell ya, ever since I got me the new avatar, finally the ladies appreciate me for summat other than me brains ;)
Don't be so sure about that. :D

[budafist]

Don't be so sure about that. :D

I concur. Your helmet is no where in sight and that hair of yours looks soft and easy brushed aside. Better be careful of the geek stuff you say. Makes me hungry.

[hewligan]

<-- There, got me a helmet! Better safe than a mindless, shambling zombie :D

[budafist]

Dang. I shouldn't have said a thing!

[urstwile]

Dang you Buda! :D