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by adastra22 1136 days ago
Is HN allowing emoji now? ♟
4 comments

It’s part of Unicode 1.1 and has later been styled as an emoji: https://emojipedia.org/chess-pawn/

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    7 ♟ ♟ ♟ ♟ ♟ ♟ ♟ ♟
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    2 ♙ ♙ ♙ ♙ ♙ ♙ ♙ ♙
    1 ♖ ♘ ♗ ♕ ♔ ♗ ♘ ♖

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    7 ♟ ♟ ♟ ♟ ♟ ♟ ♟ ♟
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    2 ♙ ♙ ♙ ♙   ♙ ♙ ♙
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Your move.

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    7 ♟ ♟ ♟ ♟   ♟ ♟ ♟
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    4         ♙
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    7 ♟ ♟ ♟ ♟   ♟ ♟ ♟
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    4         ♙
    3           ♘
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    1 ♖ ♘ ♗ ♕ ♔ ♗   ♖
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    8 ♜ ♞ ♝ ♛ ♚ ♝   ♜
    7 ♟ ♟ ♟ ♟   ♟ ♟ ♟
    6           ♞
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    3           ♘
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Stafford Gambit Time!
Nuclear tesuji
We try to allow the Unicode ranges that are closer to text and disallow the ones that are closer to candy.
Why doesn’t HN allow emoji?