ⓑⓤⓑⓑⓛⓔⓕⓘⓛⓣⓔⓡ

June 15, 2011 4:00 PM

ⓑⓤⓑⓑⓛⓔⓑⓐⓛⓛ and uʍop-ǝpısdn text
posted by Blazecock Pileon (66 comments total)

␆
posted by Wolfdog at 4:03 PM on June 15, 2011 [1 favorite]

¡ɐılɐɹʇsn∀ uı ǝldoǝd ɥʇıʍ ʇɐɥɔ ʎllɐuıɟ uɐɔ I
posted by yerfatma at 4:05 PM on June 15, 2011 [22 favorites]

☃
posted by Threeway Handshake at 4:07 PM on June 15, 2011 [2 favorites]

That's Yoshi with a yarmulke
posted by 2bucksplus at 4:07 PM on June 15, 2011

zɹ0zɹƐʇd0ɔlɟ0ɹ
posted by Mister Fabulous at 4:10 PM on June 15, 2011

ⓘⓓⓝ ⓟ,ⓛⓠⓝⓞⓟ
posted by Rhaomi at 4:11 PM on June 15, 2011 [3 favorites]

I'm not seeing anything....

ờ̶̦̖̙̰͓̼͍̠̥͙͕̭͈̜͜ḩ͈͎̭͔̯̰́̕͝m͘͟҉͚͓͚̟̠̝͙̬̮͚y̡̪͓̩̣̩̪̩͖g̢̪̠̫͈͎͎̯̣̕͜ͅͅo͔̼͉̬̳͕͕̺͕͠͞ͅd̷̷͈̼̦̹̰̮̰̬̼̪͙͝ͅm̡̺͉̻̭͇͔̻̥̰͙͓̳̳̗̳̀͜ͅy̵̶̶̱̲̪̝͇̝̪͘͝è̙̟͙̝̱̹̙̰̘͈͖̖̹̤̟͙͇͝y̶̴̨̨͏̙͚͓̼͙ͅe̟̮͓̠̫̺̜̮͕̪̹͔͜͝s̵̢̟͔̤͉̥̘̘͖͚͓̕͟͟a҉͘͡҉̖̬͕̼̰̻̟̺̜̙̪͙̀ŕ̢̥̝͙̣͉͖͖̫̱͖͟ḙ̺̻̰̙͙͓̹̞͈̟̫̤͓͝b̢̢̲̮̠̠̟͔͖̖̰̻͍͔͓̀͘l̷͏̗̖͔͎̖̯̫͘e̷̷̡̯̺͉͚͚̲̯̱͖͇͉̻̕͝e̴̷҉̘̰̯̠̳̗̮̙ͅd̸̡̤̩̖͓͈̭͞i҉̷͈̬̣̝̖̻͎̭͍̰̱͡n̶̸̡̙̣̖͍̦̺̞͚̲̠͍͕̙͇͡ͅͅg̵̵̢͡͏̠͎̳̠̱̰̹̯̜̗̠̝
posted by eyeballkid at 4:12 PM on June 15, 2011 [6 favorites]

˙ⓤʍⓞⓟ ǝⓟıⓢⓓⓝ ⓟǝⓤɹⓝʇ ƃⓤıǝⓠ ɹǝʇɟɐ ⓢɹǝʇʇǝⓛ ⓛⓛıʇⓢ ǝɹɐ ɥɔıɥʍ ⓢɹǝʇɔɐɹɐɥɔ ɹⓞɟ ⓢʞɹⓞʍ ʎⓛⓤⓞ ⓢʇɔǝɟɟǝ ⓞʍʇ ǝɥʇ ƃⓤıⓠɯⓞƆ
posted by gman at 4:14 PM on June 15, 2011 [2 favorites]

I'll take any opportunity, no matter how tenuous or tangential, to break out the unicode symbol for hot springs.

♨
posted by pts at 4:15 PM on June 15, 2011 [12 favorites]

Doesn't work so well together: ⓤⓞǝⓛıԀ ʞɔⓞɔǝⓩɐⓛⓠ
posted by orthogonality at 4:17 PM on June 15, 2011

Looks like a plate of beans to me, but maybe I'm overthinking this.
posted by monospace at 4:20 PM on June 15, 2011 [3 favorites]

ⓣⓗⓘⓢ ⓘⓢ ⓗⓐⓡⓓ ⓣⓞ ⓡⓔⓐⓓ ⓑⓤⓣ ⓘⓣ ⓢⓣⓘⓛⓛ ⓑⓡⓘⓝⓖⓢ ⓜⓔ ⓢⓞ ⓜⓤⓒⓗ ⓙⓞⓨ! ⓣⓗⓐⓝⓚ ⓨⓞⓤ ⓕⓞⓡ ⓢⓗⓐⓡⓘⓝⓖ!
posted by anya32 at 4:21 PM on June 15, 2011 [1 favorite]

ⓢⓤⓡⓔ, ⓑⓤⓑⓑⓛⓔⓕⓘⓛⓣⓔⓡ ⓘⓢ ⓕⓘⓝⓔ ⓐⓝⓓ ⓐⓛⓛ, ⓑⓤⓣ ⓗⓞⓦ ⓐⓑⓞⓤⓣ ⓣⓞⓘⓛ ⓐⓝⓓ ⓣⓡⓞⓤⓑⓛⓔ ⓕⓘⓛⓣⓔⓡ?

˙ʞlɐʇɐʇǝW pǝllɐɔ s,ʇI ˙ʎpɐǝɹlɐ ʇɐɥʇ ǝʌɐɥ ǝM ˙ʇɥƃıɹ ɥO
posted by flapjax at midnite at 4:22 PM on June 15, 2011 [4 favorites]

Ⓦⓗⓐⓣ? Ⓣⓗⓘⓢ ⓘⓢⓝ'ⓣ ⓦⓗⓐⓣ ⓣⓔⓧⓣ ⓛⓞⓞⓚⓢ ⓛⓘⓚⓔ ⓕⓞⓡ ⓔⓥⓔⓡⓨⓑⓞⓓⓨ?
posted by brundlefly at 4:24 PM on June 15, 2011

ⓒⓘⓡⓒⓛⓔⓢ
ⓢⓗⓔ’ⓢ ⓢⓟⓘⓝⓝⓘⓝⓖ ⓜⓔ ⓡⓞⓤⓝⓓ ⓘⓝ ⓒⓘⓡⓒⓛⓔⓢ
ⓐⓖⓐⓘⓝ

ⓞⓗ ⓣⓗⓐⓣ ⓢⓚⓘⓝⓝⓨ ⓑⓛⓞⓝⓓⓔ ⓖⓘⓡⓛ
ⓢⓞⓜⓔⓣⓗⓘⓝⓖ ⓐⓑⓞⓤⓣ ⓣⓗⓔ ⓐⓖⓔⓢ
Ⓘ ⓕⓐⓘⓛⓔⓓ ⓒⓞⓛⓛⓔⓖⓔ ⓐⓛⓖⓔⓑⓡⓐ
ⓐⓖⓐⓘⓝ

ⓐⓝⓓ ⓣⓗⓔ ⓐⓖⓔⓢ,
ⓐⓝⓓ ⓟⓐⓖⓔⓢ
ⓐⓝⓓ ⓣⓗⓔ ⓐⓖⓔⓢ
posted by Rory Marinich at 4:26 PM on June 15, 2011 [1 favorite]

☕

*sips coffee, enjoys thread*
posted by The Winsome Parker Lewis at 4:26 PM on June 15, 2011 [3 favorites]

looks like an old typewriter keyboard:

[_________________]
ⓠⓦⓔⓡⓣⓨⓤⓘⓞⓟ
ⓐⓢⓓⓕⓖⓗⓙⓚⓛ
ⓩⓧⓒⓥⓑⓝⓜ=

posted by 2bucksplus at 4:27 PM on June 15, 2011 [60 favorites]

Instructions: Using a softlead pencil, completely blacken only one oval per question.
Do not use ink or colored pencil. Cleanly erase any unintended marks.

1. Ⓐ Ⓑ Ⓒ Ⓓ Ⓔ
2. Ⓐ Ⓑ Ⓒ Ⓓ Ⓔ
3. Ⓐ Ⓑ Ⓒ Ⓓ Ⓔ
4. Ⓐ Ⓑ Ⓒ Ⓓ Ⓔ
5. Ⓐ Ⓑ Ⓒ Ⓓ Ⓔ
6. Ⓐ Ⓑ Ⓒ Ⓓ Ⓔ
7. Ⓐ Ⓑ Ⓒ Ⓓ Ⓔ
8. Ⓐ Ⓑ Ⓒ Ⓓ Ⓔ
9. Ⓐ Ⓑ Ⓒ Ⓓ Ⓔ
posted by dephlogisticated at 4:28 PM on June 15, 2011 [67 favorites]

I used to think I could read upside down well as a kid, but I now suspect I was just equally poor at doing it either way
posted by rollick at 4:29 PM on June 15, 2011

ⓣⓛⓤⓒⓘⓕⓕⓘⓓ ⓢⓘ ⓢⓘⓗⓣ 'ⓞⓝ - ⓔⓣⓘⓡⓦ ⓘ ⓝⓔⓗⓦ ⓣⓛⓤⓒⓘⓕⓕⓘⓓ ⓖⓝⓘⓔⓑ ⓜ,ⓘ ⓢⓚⓝⓘⓗⓣ ⓔⓝⓞⓨⓡⓔⓥⓔ
posted by pyramid termite at 4:34 PM on June 15, 2011 [1 favorite]

Why is everyone on the ceiling?
posted by TwelveTwo at 4:34 PM on June 15, 2011

ⓗⓔⓛⓟ ⓐⓛⓛ ⓞⓕ ⓜⓨ ⓦⓞⓡⓓⓢ ⓐⓡⓔ ⓣⓡⓐⓟⓟⓔⓓ ⓘⓝ ⓑⓤⓑⓑⓛⓔⓢ
posted by p3on at 4:40 PM on June 15, 2011

Congrats on your 250th! Good grief, thats a lot of time on here (I don't know if thats good or bad).
posted by hal_c_on at 4:43 PM on June 15, 2011

˙ʎllnɟǝɔɐɹƃ ʇı op llǝʍ sɐ ʇɥƃıɯ ǝʍ 'uʍop ǝpısdn ǝq oʇ ƃuıoƃ ǝɹ,ǝʍ ɟI
posted by thomas j wise at 4:44 PM on June 15, 2011

Someday I should really clean up and release my Unicode nethack with the alembic ⚗ potions and the fisheye ◉ floating eyes. (I'm not any nethack guru -- I was just piggybacking on other patches that did the heavy lifting.)

I also learned recently that ,while most of the Latin alphabet is unavailable as subscripted characters in Unicode, schwa is. Interesting choice...
posted by Zed at 4:45 PM on June 15, 2011 [1 favorite]

                                                 Ⓘ'ⓜ
                               ⓕⓞⓡⓔⓥⓔⓡ
                      ⓑⓛⓞⓦⓘⓝⓖ
      ⓑⓤⓑⓑⓛⓔⓢ
  ⓞ
ⓞ
posted by CheeseDigestsAll at 4:46 PM on June 15, 2011 [3 favorites]

ⓦⓗⓐⓣ ⓕⓡⓔⓢⓗ ⓗⓔⓛⓛ ⓘⓢ ⓣⓗⓘⓢ?
posted by Afroblanco at 4:48 PM on June 15, 2011 [1 favorite]

Ⓣⓐⓚⓔ ⓣⓗⓐⓣ ⓢⓔⓐⓡⓒⓗ ⓔⓝⓖⓘⓝⓔⓢ. Ⓘ'ⓜ ⓓⓞⓘⓝⓖ ⓣⓗⓘⓢ ⓙⓤⓢⓣ ⓣⓞ ⓜⓐⓚⓔ ⓛⓘⓕⓔ ⓗⓐⓡⓓ ⓕⓞⓡ ⓨⓞⓤ.
posted by Winnemac at 4:49 PM on June 15, 2011 [2 favorites]

Ⓗⓔⓛⓟ! Ⓘ'ⓜ ⓗⓐⓥⓘⓝⓖ ⓕⓛⓐⓢⓗⓑⓐⓒⓚⓢ ⓣⓞ ⓛⓐⓢⓣ ⓢⓔⓜⓔⓢⓣⓔⓡ'ⓢ ⓣⓔⓐⓒⓗⓘⓝⓖ ⓔⓥⓐⓛⓤⓐⓣⓘⓞⓝⓢ.
posted by thomas j wise at 4:49 PM on June 15, 2011

Bubbletext is Enclosed Alphanumerics. Anyone know why these are codepoints in Unicode? They've been there a long time, but I'm curious why they weren't considered typographic variants. Particularly odd to see things like ⓫ (but no black 0-10) and ⓻ vs ⑦.
posted by Nelson at 4:54 PM on June 15, 2011

YALL GOT NOTHING ON MY

ZA L̷̜̜ͧ͑͌́̐̃̅G͇̱̙̖̾̾̌̓ͫͯͪO̷.. H̛̠̙̦̥͍̏̍̈́̈́́̐I͐̅̇̚̚S̭͕̰̻̜̼͔͌̾ͬ̈ͪͦ͑ ̠͙͙̝͇͂͆͑̑E̹͒͌̕Y̵̻̙̦͍Ẻ͉̖͙̗ͥ͒ͧ̚ ͙͒ͭ̎̚P̟̜̯̩̼̬̮̏͋ͧI̥͈͚̥͐̃E̹̳̮̗̯ͬ͊̽RͭͫC̦̙͎̠̠ͥ̒̾̑́̀̚E̡̠͔̯͔̗̅ͯS̫̥͇̪̝̺͠ ̭̬̝̦̺́̐̏T̾͛̐̅͑̚H͖͎͖̠̭̦͛R̟̦̟̭̫͒̾͛͆̍O͇̫͓̗̣ͩ̇́ͦ̔͌͑̕U̘͚̥͗͑̅͐G̥̻̭̠͕͔͍̈́̏͐͋̓̇H͈͌̆̿͂ M̶̲̳̏͋E̶̞̞͙̫͕̝͒ͧ̽̂̋͂.̙̯ͩ͐͌.͎̟̖̳̯̼̎ ̬̹̲̗̮̔̾I̧ ̶B̪̙̳̥̭͎̲ͮ̅̄̾E̵͎͖̣̹̜̲ͯͦͯ̿̇ͤÇ͚̣̼͒̆͑̌̽O̞͉̹̫͂͋̂M̞̄̓ͫE̴͚͕̯̠͒ͫ̅͂͛ ̨̱̬̲̠̝͕̊́͊̃̏͐HͪI̳͕̙̳͕̱̜Ṣ̤ͫͬ̋͛ ̧̝̻̱͉͗̍ͮǓ̆͂͊Ṋ͌̊ͪ̎W̟̱ͥĮ͓̱̫͈̞̟̊̔L̩L̞̭̗̻̪͕͐͆̾I̦̘̮N̤͔̦͉̿́ͦ͛ͦG҉͚̹̻͕̟̘̗ ͗̔̐͐̈́҉̝̙͍H̻͙̖͌͗̉͠A̼̝Ṉ̦̞̙͙̙̰ͫ̚D̼͌̈́̿͐ͣ̄͝
posted by serif at 4:56 PM on June 15, 2011 [2 favorites]

Paging #12391.
posted by Faint of Butt at 5:02 PM on June 15, 2011

Ⓝⓞⓦ ⓘⓣ ⓘⓢ ⓣⓗⓔ ⓑⓔⓖⓘⓝⓝⓘⓝⓖ ⓞⓕ ⓐ ⓕⓐⓝⓣⓐⓢⓣⓘⓒ ⓢⓣⓞⓡⓨ! Ⓛⓔⓣ ⓤⓢ ⓜⓐⓚⓔ ⓐ ⓙⓞⓤⓡⓝⓔⓨ ⓣⓞ ⓣⓗⓔ ⓒⓐⓥⓔ ⓞⓕ ⓜⓞⓝⓢⓣⓔⓡⓢ!

Ⓖⓞⓞⓓ ⓛⓤⓒⓚ!
posted by emmtee at 5:02 PM on June 15, 2011 [1 favorite]

̴̬ͤͬ̿̋ͥ̀¡̡̞̥̆͒͋̓̎̊Ⓞ̝͎͍͖̖̊͒̚͠͝פ̥̙̯̦̜̹ͩͥͯͧ̚˥̷̗̭̬͉̱̏̆̈́ͩͥͫ͆̚∀ͫ̉ͦ̿͂̓̽̍҉̬̞͎̬̹̰̕Ⓩ̴͔͇̱̩͎̹̋̌ͣͣ̓͐̐̄̕ͅ
͚̬̖̪͑̒̽͛˙͕̉͐͆ⓛ̷̗̝̜͒ͪͤ̿̃͢͟ⓛ̧̭͕͍̠͓̼̊̑̐̉͢ɐ̛̫̪͈̼̩̲ͧ́͐̐̚͜͝ͅⓂ̧͚̦̫͋̇ͪͦ̐͠ ̵͓̞̺̜̼̗ͪ̄̏̓ͫ̏ͅǝ̛̰͇̬̟͓͔̝̬ͤ̊ɥ̵̪͈͕̖͖̲ͤ͐ͬ͡┴̵̢̘̜̦̗̦̲̘͇ͤ̀ ̸̡͕͕̦̲̞̰̹̗̀̂̋̃ͪ̍̉ⓟ̝̙́ͫ͂̚ⓤ̴̘̘̭̻̤̹̼̹͌͛̈ͥ̀ı̨͚̫̻͙͓̱̭̝̼͒͑ͫͪ͒̆ͯ͋ɥ̨̢͔̪͚͖̤͑̃ͦ͊̌ͩ͂́ǝ̗̦̥̲̲͍̪̂̃ͬͪͫ̒̕ⓠ͎̠̥̫̦ͬ ̼͉̹̜̥̻͂ͦⓢ̷͖̻͙̼̝̩͈̈́̆ͫ̇̎ͦ̀ʇ̴̖̬ͦ̇͜͠ı̵̵͍͙̔ͭɐ̢̥͎͚͖̇͆̍̆͛͟͟ͅⓂ̪͇̖̩̞̦̻̜͚̅͆͑̀ ̧͔̻̯̗͖̣̟͇̮̆ͣ̓͑̏̑̍ͯⓞ͍̫͎͈̻ͯ̏ͩͤͩ̉̊ͅɥ̴̠̙̼̮̜͕̯͚̓̉̓͑͂̌̚͜ʍ̷̸̹̖̗̥͇̳̻͋̒̔ ̷̨̼̓̅̌͊ͤͅǝ͉̗ͨ̈́̍ͫ̉Ⓗ̸͍͚̬̭̓ͥ̓͒̌̈́̽
̗̹͍̝͒ ̪͗ͨ̃͆̿̓͘˙̶̵͕̫̲͕̭̝̣̞̄ͯ̎ͯ̋̑ⓞ̰̲̟͑̓͂ƃ͎̮̟̓ͫⓛ̤͓̬̯̈̈́̉ͭ͑ͤ̔ɐ͎͓̭̠͕̦̫̆͑͌͂̓́Ⓩ̵̖̙̤̟̱̀̾̇ͮ̄̂̔ ͎͚̗̻͔͚͙̖͖̋̒̇͒̚˙̏̈̐̅͐ͬͩ̒ͮ͏̼̹̝̦͙̦ⓢ̴͚͇̭̓̌͊̒̆̿́ⓞ̲̖̭̊̊̃ͫ̊̊ͩͫ͗̀ɐ̮̖̀́̃̀̈ɥ̧̤̭͚̖̠̝̜ͦ̉ͭͦ̾ͩ̚ɔ̴̘̫͚͙̳̩̓̓͐ͮ͐̽ͥͤ͡ ̡̳̯͎̳̙̥̅̿ͥ͐̆ɟ̐̂ͯͯ̀̓͗ͤ͏̷͕̤͔͖̣͈̜̜ͅⓞ̤͔̱͉̘̰̥͈͈̂̉̈́́̒ͭ̀ ̖̣̖͖͍ͤͮ͋ͅⓟ̛̼̠͓̮̖̬͋ͥ͊ⓤ̥̞̖̙̯͕͖̣͛̿ı̲̲̜͖̼͇ͧ͛ͧͤ͑͠͡ɯ̰̯̽̚-͕͙̤̍̒ͤͭ̊̔͢͠ǝ̸̸̤͙̣̟͇͍̲͋̇̾͐ͬʌ̴̻̘̌̂ı͕̗͕̪̼ͣ͐͂̄́͜ɥ̢͚͈̌̌ͬ̈́́ͨ͆̅͟ ͍͈̮̥̞̯̘̲̔̊̋ͣ̍ⓤ̟̦̙̠͍͚̩̈̾ͅɐ̵̺̪̗͈̖̯̣͙͋͋̓͂͆̔̕ı̛͖͎̲͙̭̣̺ͬ̔̃̐͌̓͢ⓟ̢̬̙̮̲̐ɹ̼̻̮͕ͮͯ͊̓̄ǝ̶͕̹̤̑ͥ̀ⓓ̸̝̘̻̟̀̎͐ⓩ̨͔̝ͤ̎̇̊̂̔͌ǝ̼̹̮̻̺̳̦ͮ̓̈́Ⓝ̜̘̰̥͇̜͙͚̆ͯ̌ ̧̫͇ͩ̀͗͋͑͂̎̂ǝ̸̵̹̮̣̝̠̭͉͍͒ͮ̔̑͛̔͊͡ɥ̎̍̅̃͜҉̨̰̲̲̞̪͚͍̖┴̨̜̼̰̣̖̯ͬ̀
̡ͣ̆̽ͫ̆͏̢̻̟͉̥̟̱͕͍˙̻̳̜̂ͧ̓ͪ̀̃͊ͥ̽̕ɹ̰̘̦̭͈̹̦̜̽̈́ǝ͖͙̝ͧ̅͊ͦ̿ͩ͐́͟͟ⓟ̯̻̿̓ͭ̕ɹ̯̹͚̞̮͋̐̾͋ⓞ̶̼͓͍͚̯̦͆̈́͊ͪ͆͡ ͙͚̙͍̩̍̅̓̈ͣ͒̂͜ʇ̛͈͉̦̠̤̾̆ⓝ̪͕̺̖̗͇̇͗ͪ͗͋ͯ̚ͅⓞ̵̽̍̉ͦ͏͖ ̷͍̘̥ͫͪ̽͗ͯ̎ɥ̵̸̹͓͍̬͍͊̑̄͒ͬ͠ʇ̴̵̵̹̑ͯ̒̎͒̈́̎ı̧̘͉̳̗͎͖͕͓̈͂ͦ͢Ⓜ̶͂̒ͥ́҉̗̦̀
̬̱ͧ̍͒ͬ̏̒̕͘˙̛̰͖̝̩̳͎͍̺ͫ͒͑ͮ̂̓̎ⓢ̵̺̰̥̦̙͕ͯͦ̌ⓞ̘͈̱͔̼̞̠͙̍̇ͅɐ̢̛̟̱̯̺̥̆̔̐͂̋̽̔ɥ̗̹̮̿͆͒̾́̚ɔ̷̰̹̜̝͊ͯ̊̍ͣ̾̇ͅ ̮̖̂͗͗̈ͫ͒ͩ͜ɟ̨̩͋̀ⓞ̵̰͐ͩ̍͌ ̷̻̭͕̲͇̼̺͋̓͋ͧ͡ƃ̥̳͉͖̬͉̱̎̎̀ⓤ̳͚̞̦̥̹̯͊̆̈̏ͣ͠ı̛̙̗̩̦̼̜͍ͯ̇͌̊ͩ̇̄ⓛ̯̝ͭ̈́ͤ̑̓̈́ͯ͡ǝ͎̹̲̗ͨ͊̈́̎̃ǝ̴̫̦͍͔̼͇͇ͧͮͧ́ɟ̵̞̩̰̥ͣ̋͡ ̝͙̓̄͛̏̂͜͟͡ǝ͈̜̙͍̗̀̑ͩͯ̄̈͗͢ɥ̵̛͎̭̰̗̻̩͎̗̉͢ʇ͔̖̘̟͎̾͐͋̑͢͡ ̴͇̭̗͈͉̠̝͖͂̿̈ͨ̚͠ƃ̱͉̮̖̟̐̾ⓤ̷̮͎͕ͩ͒ͣ͟͢ı̬͓̩ͥ̓͠ʞ̧̮͚͉̙̤̖͍̫̘͆ͮ̎̆́͡ⓞ̞̖̪̖̖͇̰̺̟͌̏͐̅̓̓͝ʌ̴͕̂ⓤ̵̶͓͉̝͚ͫͯ͠ͅⒾ̣͚̩̲̹̦̘̪̊ͨ̑̒͆̄̽̔̓̀͝
͈̝̭͛͋̈͜˙̭͎̜͇̪̪ͦ̚ⓢ̪̭͈̐̀̕ⓞ͉̟͖̄ͪ̿̐͆̕ɐ̢̛͈̖̘̣͍̊͐̾ͬͨ̂͋̀ɥ̨̙͚̜͉̔̈́̅͆̚͠ɔ̺̲͆̒͗̍̎̊ͣ̔ͅ ̘̝̤̇̍̎͑̊͜ƃ̧̠͙̳͖͍̜͙̿ͣ͌̆͆ͧ͢͝ⓤ̵̩͈͖͎͉̓͋ͤ͒ı̡̛̣̳͔̘͓͎ͤ̓̍͝ʇ̘͈̺̼̑͊̑ͅⓤ͕͚̭̞̠̃ͣͩ̉̉̎͂͢ǝ̢̺̰̳̇̒̌ͨ̾͑͠ⓢ̘̟̣͉̝̹̘ͪͧ͑̓͢ǝ̸͙̙̩̗̯̫̥̒̊̏ͥ͡ɹ̣͙̟͇̞̰̪ͩͥ̍ͯ̇̍ͭͦⓓ̘̟̩̻̠͕̐̆ǝ̷̦̼̆ͬ͗͊̈ɹ̬̝͖̖͕̠̒̔̃ͮ͂̋ͬ̓ͯ̀ ̜̬̝̤̻̣̎̈́̏ⓟ͍͇͚ͤ͂̋̋͟ⓤ͛ͭ́ͮ͢҉̝́ı̫̪̜̰͙̖̅̍ͭ̑̚͟ɯ̗̹̹̱̀͂̿̿̌̃̀ͮ-͔̋̈́͋̄̀̍͊̽̏ͅǝ̛̬͉̰̲͌͒̈́̃̉̏̚ʌ̨̭̘͚̝͎̐̎́͒͡ı̭̺͖̣̞͌͒̓̏̋̍̚ɥ̟͍̥͙̙̬̲̊̅͐̓̽̏ ͚̯͆̓ǝ̧̨̅̆̒͏̯ɥ͕̠̝͂ͣͧͣͣ̈̆́͡ʇ̶͚̜͈̗̰͎̘͙͐ͮ̓̕͞ͅ ̈́͆͌͏̝͇̟̻͍̠ǝ̢̧̬͚̪̜̪̹̓ͧͭͭ͋ͤͣͫʞ̧͐̿҉̦̦̳͓͎̩͜ⓞ̳̳̟̫͇̺ͪ̉ͪͧͩ̔͋́ʌ̨̬͔̳̮̉͒̊͌ⓤ̢͔̫̼̳̏̅̽̽ͤ͡ı̔ͯ̎͋͆ͭ̎́̕҉̗̲ ̹̖͛̽̊̄ͬͮ̃͆ͬ͘͜͝ⓞ̟̼̣͔͚͉ͫͨ͗̓̍́͘͡┴̨̛̣͙̙̠̱̞͇̄̒̓ͧͫ̇̊͂ͩ͟ͅ
posted by sebastienbailard at 5:03 PM on June 15, 2011 [5 favorites]

┴ɥıs ıs ʇoʇɐllʎ ɥoʍ ʍǝ sɥonlp po sdoılǝɹs ɟɹoɯ ɥǝɹǝ ou onʇ˙

Iʇ ɐlso ʍoɹɹıǝs ɯǝ ɥoʍ ǝɐsılʎ I ɔɐu ɹǝɐp ʇɥıs˙ I ʇɥıuʞ I,ɯ ɥɐʌıuƃ ɐ sǝıznɹǝ˙ Ɔɐll ˥ɐssıǝ˙
posted by emmtee at 5:06 PM on June 15, 2011

Ⓤ Ⓝ Ⓘ Ⓒ Ⓞ Ⓓ Ⓔ

ɯǝɥʇ puıq ssǝuʞɹɐp ǝɥʇ uı pu∀
llɐ ɯǝɥʇ ƃuıɹq oʇ ʇǝs ɹǝʇɔɐɹɐɥɔ ǝuO
ɯǝɥʇ puıɟ oʇ ʇǝs ɹǝʇɔɐɹɐɥɔ ǝuO
llɐ ɯǝɥʇ ǝlnɹ oʇ ʇǝs ɹǝʇɔɐɹɐɥɔ ǝuO
posted by killdevil at 5:06 PM on June 15, 2011 [4 favorites]

For you, a Unicode snowman: ☃
posted by autopilot at 5:15 PM on June 15, 2011 [2 favorites]

Ⓦⓞⓝⓓⓔⓡ ⓗⓞⓦ ⓛⓞⓝⓖ ⓦⓔ ⓒⓐⓝ ⓟⓛⓐⓨ ⓦⓘⓣⓗ ⓣⓗⓘⓢ ⓢⓗⓘⓝⓨ ⓝⓔⓦ ⓣⓞⓨ...
posted by likeso at 5:15 PM on June 15, 2011

Waaaaiiiiit. This makes text readable but really hard on the eyes, so it takes a lot of effort to read it and most people won't bother?

Pls dnt tll BngBng abt ths.
posted by ZsigE at 5:20 PM on June 15, 2011 [1 favorite]

ＭｅｔａＦｉｌｔｅｒ

𐌼𐌴𐍄𐌰𐍆𐌹𐌻𐍄𐌴𐍂

𝓜𝓮𝓽𝓪𝓕𝓲𝓵𝓽𝓮𝓻

𝕄𝕖𝕥𝕒𝔽𝕚𝕝𝕥𝕖𝕣

𝙈𝙚𝙩𝙖𝙁𝙞𝙡𝙩𝙚𝙧

𝔐𝔢𝔱𝔞𝔍𝔦𝔩𝔱𝔢𝔯
posted by Rhomboid at 5:21 PM on June 15, 2011 [2 favorites]

Well, that's just making it too easy.
posted by uosuaq at 5:38 PM on June 15, 2011 [2 favorites]

Heh. I should toss down five to make my first sockpuppet: uosuǝq

Really throw people off.
posted by eyeballkid at 5:57 PM on June 15, 2011

What font am I supposed to change my default to in order to make these work in Chrome on XP? I have it configured on my Mac side but on Windows all I see is boxes.
posted by NoraReed at 6:06 PM on June 15, 2011

I don't think that would end well for you, pıʞllɐqǝʎǝ. :)
posted by uosuaq at 6:29 PM on June 15, 2011

ⓦⓔⓛⓛ ⓓⓞⓝⓔ ⒷⓅ, ⓞⓝⓔ ⓘⓝⓣⓡⓐⓝⓔⓣⓢ ⓦⓞⓝ ⓨⓞⓤ ⓗⓐⓥⓔ
posted by clavdivs at 6:38 PM on June 15, 2011 [1 favorite]

˙ɹǝƃuol ǝlʇʇıl ɐ ʇsnɾ 'ǝɯ puıɯǝɹ oʇ ɟı sɐ 'sqıɹ ʎɯ uı ǝɟıuʞ ǝıʍoq ɐ ƃuıʞɔıʇs sı ǝɯnld ǝp ɯou sıɥʇ uǝɥʍ ɹǝʇunoɔuǝ I ɹoɹɹǝʇ ɹǝʇʇn ǝɥʇ ʎǝʌuoɔ ʇouuɐɔ spɹoʍ ʎuɐɯ puɐ ssǝɹppɐ oʇ uıƃǝq ʇouuɐɔ I ʎʇıunɯɯoɔ ǝɥʇ uodn ǝɔuɐɹǝɟɟns ǝɥ┴ ˙sʌıpʌɐlƆ sı ʇɐɥʇ ǝɐuosɹǝd pǝxǝʌ sıɥʇ ' ǝpɐɹɐɥɔ snoǝpıɥ sıɥʇ ƃuılɐǝɔuoɔ ɹǝƃuol ou ɟo uoıʇɐlǝ ǝɥʇ sı ʎǝʌuoɔ ʇsnɯ I ƃuılǝǝɟ ʇuǝlɐʌǝɹd ǝɥ┴



𝔐𝔢𝔱𝔞𝔍𝔦𝔩𝔱𝔢𝔯

ⓗⓔⓛⓛⓞ,
ⓒⓞⓤⓛⓓ ⓨⓞⓤ ⓢⓔⓝⓓ ⓜⓔ ⓣⓗⓘⓢ ⓢⓒⓡⓘⓟⓣ ⓟⓛⓔⓐⓢⓔ.
ⓛⓞⓥⓔ
Ⓗⓔⓡⓜⓔⓢ Ⓡⓞⓒⓚⓔⓣ
posted by clavdivs at 6:49 PM on June 15, 2011 [2 favorites]

dephlogisticated: "Instructions: Using a softlead pencil, completely blacken only one oval per question.
Do not use ink or colored pencil. Cleanly erase any unintended marks.
"

You owe me a new screen. you jerk.
posted by pjern at 7:17 PM on June 15, 2011 [2 favorites]

KATAKANA LETTER TU: ツ
posted by nicwolff at 7:31 PM on June 15, 2011 [1 favorite]

i liked this shit more when it was in metatalk
posted by nathancaswell at 8:43 PM on June 15, 2011

It's from the Fraktur Mathematical Symbols range, part of the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block. You can just copy/paste from that page. Actually, sounds pretty easy to script:

$ echo "Some text here" | perl -CS -pe 'tr/A-Za-z/\x{1d504}-\x{1d51d}\x{1d51e}-\x{1d537}/'
𝔖𝔬𝔪𝔢 𝔱𝔢𝔵𝔱 𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢

posted by Rhomboid at 9:14 PM on June 15, 2011 [2 favorites]

Ⓟⓘⓝⓚⓘⓔ Ⓟⓘⓔ

Glee!
posted by SPrintF at 9:16 PM on June 15, 2011

Nice one Rhomboid! Though since the target ranges are continuous you could just do

echo "Some text here" | perl -CS -pe 'tr/A-Za-z/\x{1d504}-\x{1d537}/'

posted by nicwolff at 9:31 PM on June 15, 2011

ʇǝǝɹʇS llɐM ⓘⓢ ⓝⓞⓣ ⓘⓝ ⓐ Ⓑⓤⓑⓑⓛⓔ.
posted by wallstreet1929 at 9:41 PM on June 15, 2011

Ⓞ_ⓞ
posted by not_on_display at 11:52 PM on June 15, 2011 [1 favorite]

The upsidedown script is a challenging bitch on an iPad. I actually had to lay the thing down and walk around it to read clavdivs' comment.
posted by likeso at 3:49 AM on June 16, 2011 [1 favorite]

likeso: double-click home button, slide bar to right, and you can lock the screen orientation.
posted by eriko at 3:58 AM on June 16, 2011

eriko, thank you! New iPad. I know, I know, rtfm... but I'll always be a just-jump-in-and-muck-about kind of gal. Haven't mucked about enough yet.
posted by likeso at 5:18 AM on June 16, 2011

¡ⓔⓝⓞⓨⓡⓔⓥⓔ ⓨⓐⓓⓢⓜⓞⓞⓛⒷ ⓨⓟⓟⓐⒽ


¡ʇınsǝɾ lnɟɹɐǝɟ noʎ 'dn ǝɯoƆ ¡ɥɔuıʞ 'dn ǝɯoƆ—

:ʎlǝsɹɐoɔ ʇno pǝllɐɔ puɐ sɹıɐʇs ƃuıpuıʍ ʞɹɐp ǝɥʇ uʍop pǝɹǝǝd ǝɥ 'pǝʇlɐH

˙ıǝp ǝɹɐʇlɐ pɐ oqıoɹʇuI—

:pǝuoʇuı puɐ ʇɟolɐ lʍoq ǝɥʇ plǝɥ ǝH ˙ɹıɐ ƃuıuɹoɯ plıɯ ǝɥʇ uo ɯıɥ puıɥǝq ʎlʇuǝƃ pǝuıɐʇsns sɐʍ 'pǝlpɹıƃun 'uʍoƃƃuıssǝɹp ʍollǝʎ ∀ ˙pǝssoɹɔ ʎɐl ɹozɐɹ ɐ puɐ ɹoɹɹıɯ ɐ ɥɔıɥʍ uo ɹǝɥʇɐl ɟo lʍoq ɐ ƃuıɹɐǝq 'pɐǝɥɹıɐʇs ǝɥʇ ɯoɹɟ ǝɯɐɔ uɐƃıllnW ʞɔnq dɯnld 'ʎlǝʇɐʇS
posted by bitteschoen at 5:27 AM on June 16, 2011 [1 favorite]

IS IT CAPSLOCK DAY ALREADY???
posted by Theta States at 7:30 AM on June 16, 2011

My phone does *not* like much of what ya'll are posting in here. Bubbles render nicely though
posted by antifuse at 7:52 AM on June 16, 2011

˙op ǝʍ ʍoɥ sı sıɥ┴ ˙ɥdɯH ¿ǝɹıɐʇs∀ pǝɹℲ
posted by introp at 8:16 AM on June 16, 2011

Yay! Now I can make a sock-monkey emoticon!

:ⓛ
posted by aubilenon at 10:54 AM on June 16, 2011 [8 favorites]

Hey, it looks like unnethack, one of the major nethack forks is gearing up to support Unicode and contemplating doing cool things with accents to distinguish different monsters in the same class.
posted by Zed at 10:36 AM on June 17, 2011

A friend of mine used to own umop-episdn.com, for which I provided DNS hosting. As a result, I can now read and spell "umop episdn" with the greatest of ease, although the skill has not transferred to reading or writing anything else upside down.
posted by waldo at 7:35 AM on June 19, 2011 [1 favorite]

Anyone know why these are codepoints in Unicode? They've been there a long time, but I'm curious why they weren't considered typographic variants.

They're used in Japanese and Korean (and possibly other languages) to label items in ordered lists. As such, there can be an important distinction between "Item (1)" and "Item  ① ", and it can be necessary to preserve that distinction in plain text.

However, I believe the primary reason that these were included (particularly the parenthesized and full-stop forms) was for compatibility with preexisting East Asian character sets.

Particularly odd to see things like ⓫ (but no black 0-10) and ⓻ vs ⑦.

❶  through  ❿  are in the "Dingbats" block.
posted by shenderson at 9:24 AM on June 19, 2011 [1 favorite]

Upside down internet.
posted by unliteral at 8:52 PM on June 21, 2011