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It seems that of all the numbers (needed here), the symbol for 20 (π’Ž™) is the only one that doesn't render on Android. Very odd. It does seem to be the last used codepoint (U+12399) in the Cuneiform block (U+12000–U+123FF) and they seem to stop rendering from U+1236E (on Android) which leaves 43 symbols un-rendered.

Anyone any idea why that might be?

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuneiform_(Unicode_block) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuneiform_Numbers_and_Punctuat...

sent at π’Œ‹π’–:𒐐𒐕:π’Œ‹π’—



Okay, in the interim I have a shipped a fix for Android (seems fine on an iPhone emulation) that uses two tens like so "π’Œ‹π’Œ‹" (looks like <<) instead of one twenty "π’Ž™" (also looks like << but a bit tighter). This is definitely one of the weirdest patches [0] I've ever doneβ€”changing how an ancient language is displayed based on the specific type of incomprehensibly advanced technology it's being displayed onβ€”but I guess that's what Sundays are for.

[0] https://github.com/OisinMoran/OisinMoran.github.io/commit/15...


Cuneiform is still a wedge issue.


Because Google has mostly stopped updating the font stack on Android.

See bug report https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/366415133


Well, I can report that π’Ž™ isn't rendering on Windows 10 either. Your "sent at" renders fine. Whatever it is, it isn't specific to Android.

I assume it's mostly down to fonts, but I don't know why a font would implement some of the cuneiform block without doing all of it.


U+12399 was not an assigned code point until Unicode 8. The other code points were in Unicode 7.


https://i.ibb.co/6RBrwZpz/firefox.png

Firefox 139.0.4 on Arch Linux


I guess the Arch in Arch Linux isn't for archaeology then :(


You'll need to install the `noto-fonts` package to get NotoSansCuneiform-Regular.ttf (amongst others)l I'd recommend also installing `noto-fonts-cjk` to enhance your web experience.


Can't the web page embed the font?


You just don't have the required font.




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