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Joe Clark’s tips for journalists about Unicode and writing clean copy

Ultimate self-referential Borked Unicode

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The eternal quest for a CMS that won’t output soft-hyphen-as-hyphenation-disabler as hyphen-minus @ftrain

BorkedUnicode's tweet image. The eternal quest for a CMS that won’t output soft-hyphen-as-hyphenation-disabler as hyphen-minus @ftrain

So then, @Conoroconnor & @sohear: That all you got? Meanwhile, '≠’ and ‘≠’, not that you could even type the foregoing.


Borked Unicode Hall of Fame Award to (PwD!) Steve O’Hear @sohear: Wrong apostrophe two ways *and* a dick about it

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40-some-odd photos added to Flickr today. flickr.com/groups/1779249… And, @RomanMars, unbork your Unicode.

BorkedUnicode's tweet image. 40-some-odd photos added to Flickr today. flickr.com/groups/1779249…

And, @RomanMars, unbork your Unicode.

“An ode to the journey of ó on a shipping label” new-aesthetic.tumblr.com/post/503441005…


Album titles positively do not go inside quotation marks

BorkedUnicode's tweet image. Album titles positively do not go inside quotation marks

No-hyphenation hyphen errantly exported again

BorkedUnicode's tweet image. No-hyphenation hyphen errantly exported again

Five kinds of borked

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Nonbreaking hyphen would not have broken

BorkedUnicode's tweet image. Nonbreaking hyphen would not have broken

No, @3xchair, I will not suffer through your borked Unicode

BorkedUnicode's tweet image. No, @3xchair, I will not suffer through your borked Unicode

Strange even for last-resort character (but par for the course for the technically incompent @outsports)

BorkedUnicode's tweet image. Strange even for last-resort character (but par for the course for the technically incompent @outsports)

Borked Unicode in iTunes description

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Under—Used Strategy

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Yes, even I give up on nonbreaking hyphen sometimes

BorkedUnicode's tweet image. Yes, even I give up on nonbreaking hyphen sometimes

Classic smart quotes (sic)

BorkedUnicode's tweet image. Classic smart quotes (sic)

The canonical borked Unicode: rock ‘n’ roll

BorkedUnicode's tweet image. The canonical borked Unicode: rock ‘n’ roll

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