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gigglesworthy t1_jcb8697 wrote

The internet would have been really different if we had these fancy character sets instead of just ASCII in the text-only and early web days.

The large array of characters could have made for some acceptable-looking text-only websites, and even services like Telnet and Gopher could have provided a better user experience.

There were other character sets back then but they were not widely supported.

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MagicHamsta t1_jcat2zr wrote

Ö̶͔͓̖̤̖͉͚̖́̾̎͂́̈͘͝͠h̵̛͔̎́̿̅̅̑̊̌͝ ̶̧̨̧̛̦͓͔̫̼̣͎̭̱̥̲̪̑̉̾͝g̵̥͉͓̊̑̌̿̅̔̄́ō̵̢̩̜̳͙͓̼̱͉̩̱̲͌̐̈̒̑̓̉̆̊͛͛̓͜d̶͇̺̘̙̭̲͘,̵̨͉̦͔͎͓̘̱̦̳͕̣̞̱̙́ ̸̡͓̦̺̉̏̿͆́̈́̿̽̐̂͐̀͗ĩ̷̡̙̺̘̳͖͕̖̭̜̆̀̃̌̆̀t̸̻̼̯͎̩̣̬̞̋̂͐͐͆̇̾̚͜͠'̸̧̜̗̱̖̥͈̎̌̍̈́̂͗͗̂̚͠s̶̟̈́̌̉̀̉͌́̚͝ ̷̛̬̎̈́͊ͅĉ̷̨͖̘͗̏̔̈́̊̆͠ő̴̮̻͌̃̌̒̃̀͑͒̎͐̓̔̽̚n̴̨̧̺̖̳̝̝͕̫̖̟̫̯̑̉̇ṭ̵̡̢̡͖̥͔͈̮̣̖͉͔͐̆̊́̈́̒͒̾̋̔̍̉͜͝ͅá̴̛̛̗̯͇͔͖̹̪̰̐̇̉̓̈́͜g̷̢̡̛͔̳̟͉̾̉͛̐͗̈́̀̃̀̕͝ì̷̤͍̜̫̼͌͝o̵̝̤͚͂̿͆̾̅̂͊̏̇̕͘͘͠u̷͕̙̒̓͆̾͊́͠͝s̴̢̓̅̌̀̌

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