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Bug: Usernames shown as blocks sometimes (lemmy.world)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by Fake4000@lemmy.world to c/eternityapp@lemdro.id
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Usernames are shown as coloured blocks instead of letters.

Works fine on other apps.

Link to post: https://lemmy.world/post/10066188

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[–] glibg10b@lemmy.ml 27 points 11 months ago (2 children)

It's just their name. They're using the █ character.

[–] lemann@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 11 months ago

Yep, this. There is no bug, this is actually their name.

https://unicodeplus.com/U+2588

The character █ (Full Block) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2588. It is encoded in the Block Elements block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 1.1 (June, 1993). It is HTML encoded as █.

There is a separate block character, usually a perfectly square one, that is shown when your system cannot display a unicode character, however this block character is rectangular.

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago

Im screaming right now.

Reminds me of the meme that told people to submit [object Object] to mess with JS devs.