Pro tip - you can type  on macOS with option + shift + k
from cantankerous_cashew@lemmy.world to apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world on 26 Jun 06:44
https://lemmy.world/post/16939427

Basically the title. Maybe this is old news, but I didn’t know about this trick until recently. Have fun, use responsibly :)

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#apple_enthusiast

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paraphrand@lemmy.world on 26 Jun 06:55 next collapse

I learned this in the 90s. Definitely old news, if we are framing it that way.

cantankerous_cashew@lemmy.world on 26 Jun 06:58 collapse

Wow I had no idea that this existed for such a long time. I’ve clearly been living under a rock… 😅

paraphrand@lemmy.world on 26 Jun 07:04 collapse

You can read more about the area of Unicode that it lives in here:

Private Use Areas

tobogganablaze@lemmus.org on 26 Jun 07:05 next collapse

Doesn’t work, just makes a “ˆ” for me.

SuperFola@programming.dev on 26 Jun 09:15 collapse

You need an apple device for it to render correctly

tobogganablaze@lemmus.org on 26 Jun 09:16 collapse

I’m pretty sure my macbook is an apple device.

edit: Found it! 

option + shift + “+”.

wagoner@infosec.pub on 26 Jun 11:47 next collapse

Why wouldn’t you just use SHIFT + G ??

Ironfacebuster@lemmy.world on 26 Jun 12:52 next collapse

Got this post in my feed, on my android phone, and was very confused on why you would want to type a Google logo on your mac

<img alt="" src="https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/21002be8-f4b1-4833-81f8-c7c6cb609c78.png">

Very quickly realized Google just made that character their logo as well lmao

Tywele@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 26 Jun 17:13 next collapse

On Windows it doesn’t show anything.

Ironfacebuster@lemmy.world on 26 Jun 18:43 collapse

I think Windows’ is just a normal letter in a specific font, if I remember correctly!

Tywele@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 26 Jun 18:50 collapse

No it just shows the unknown character symbol for me.

Ironfacebuster@lemmy.world on 26 Jun 19:03 collapse

Lol I misunderstood what you meant, my bad

Yeah, Windows won’t show it unless you can get a Mac font on there, I guess

chase_what_matters@lemmy.world on 26 Jun 18:57 next collapse

Diabolical

Stovetop@lemmy.world on 27 Jun 01:31 collapse

Weird, I am on Android as well and all I see is the ol’ X in a box.

Maybe it’s a Google phone only thing.

Metype@lemmy.world on 26 Jun 19:51 next collapse

<img alt="A screenshot of the title with the special character mentioned simply drawing as an invalid Unicode character " src="https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/a42bf9d0-a42c-47bf-88fc-0ca8ede970de.jpeg">

Thanks for the tip!!

Grass@sh.itjust.works on 27 Jun 03:58 collapse

all on the same device (pixel7a graphene): <img alt="" src="https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/8bb2b2bb-59fc-4a1c-8684-57286ad42fbd.jpeg"> <img alt="" src="https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/f367d67b-378a-4a63-972f-4608e3ec2b7e.jpeg"> <img alt="" src="https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/3edd4e16-fd01-4e41-ac80-3f2484772511.jpeg">