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by notatoad 2523 days ago
the hn vote arrow is not a sprite - it's a single image, displayed rotated 180 degrees for the downvote.

https://news.ycombinator.com/grayarrow.gif
1 comments
catmanjan 2523 days ago
Huh, I always thought it was an alt code character...
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notatoad 2522 days ago
it could be. i don't know why they use a gif instead. i usually keep HN at 125% zoom and the vote arrows look really terrible.
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