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		rcoveson on June 13, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Text Editor Data Structures No, that's a ZWJ sequence. Those can be arbitrarily long. Doesn't explain where "5 bytes" comes from.

throwaway2037 on June 14, 2023 [–]

Is there a maximum number of "zero-width joiner" (ZWJ) sequences that can be combined to create a single-width emoji? (Yes, I know the term "single-width" is a loaded term.) I cannot find a precise answer.

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