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Re:Twitter's new font, Chirp, is apparently giving some user... by Freak_NL on Thursday August 12, 2021 @02:05PM (#28159470)
It looks like they've put a picture of an apple in the Private Use Area as well at U+F8FF. Weird; there's no need for the PUA there; just pick (heh) U+1F34E (red apple) or U+1F34F (green apple).
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Re:Twitter's new font, Chirp, is apparently giving some user... by GranPC on Thursday August 12, 2021 @02:23PM (#28159684)
It's for compatibility with the Apple logo that is displayed on iOS devices when that codepoint is rendered.
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Re:Twitter's new font, Chirp, is apparently giving some user... by bspammer on Friday August 13, 2021 @05:20AM (#28166980)
I enjoy the pettiness of not using apple’s actual logo.
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Re:Twitter's new font, Chirp, is apparently giving some user... by SllX on Thursday August 12, 2021 @04:04PM (#28160800)
That’s a holdover from MacRoman.[1] If you’re on a Macintosh, Option Shift K at least on the standard US layout. Still comes up in Apple docs and user forums.

[1] http://www.alanwood.net/demos/macroman.html

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