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by arp242 821 days ago
U+F8FF is private use and will only display on Apple devices, FYI.
3 comments

huh, TIL... that's almost worth an HN submission of its own

if anyone else is wondering like I was, this was a fun read: https://superuser.com/questions/1205451/how-can-i-display-th...

Also, this is against Apple's style guide, for those who celebrate.

> In text, don’t write the name Apple Vision Pro by combining the  symbol with Vision Pro.

> Correct: Get started with Apple Vision Pro.

> Incorrect: Get started with  Vision Pro.

https://help.apple.com/pdf/applestyleguide/en_US/apple-style... (p. 28)

On Macs (and presumably iOS devices with a keyboard hooked up) it can be produced by pressing ⌥⇧K and will render so long as the receiving text field can render a system font that contains the symbol.
Only under the "ABC" text input. Even "ABC - extended" has this shortcut wired for the "circle" diacritic (e.g. " ̊").
And the keyboard layout is one of the supported ones.