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What language is this? (programming.dev)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by andioop@programming.dev to c/software_gore@programming.dev

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[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 14 points 3 months ago

Mojibake.

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 months ago

French.

[–] HenchmanNumber3@lemm.ee 5 points 3 months ago

I'm guessing a language that the device doesn't have a proper font for.

[–] davidgro@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

My guess is it's UTF-8 Unicode (any non-Latin language) being interpreted as some standard for 8-bit text. (Windows CP-1252 for example, but not that one because it doesn't have the block made of lines character)

[–] airbreather@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Looks like mojibake to me.

[–] pleasejustdie@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

I'm guessing someone failed to include a font pack for icons with the release, so what we're seeing is the unicode gibberish that would be styled and replaced with icons from the font pack if it existed, but since it doesn't its getting rendered with a default font instead. It could also be something else entirely, but that's my initial assumption.

[–] frankenswine@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

yes

[–] pkill@programming.dev 2 points 3 months ago

Antarctic