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These "characters" seem interesting. What are they?I would like to know more technical information about them. Thanks! ه҈҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉ ه҈҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉ ه҈҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉

user1973804
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It's just a mass of combining marks. That alone is like 170 Combining Marks. You can do all sorts of weird rendering effects just by using a ton of combining marks together. But in this case just U+0489 COMBINING CYRILLIC MILLIONS SIGN is used.

Combining marks are not stand alone characters by themselves, but modify the previous base letter. For example a, a combining diaeresis ¨ renders as ä instead of a¨. Put more combining marks in there, and they all have to somehow render with the base character a, causing interesting rendering effect.

Code in the jsfiddle (SO didn't allow me to post otherwise):

var l = 1000;

var str = ":"

while(l--) {
    str += String.fromCharCode(0x300 + Math.floor((Math.random() * 0x20)))
}

document.write(str);
Esailija
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Those are unicode characters that belong to another character set/language (in this case, Cyrillic). This information can be seen (on Windows) by using the Character Map tool, which is found in the Programs -> Accessories folder of the Start Menu.

Brett Wolfington
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  • These are showing up to me as the Cyrillic Hundred-Thousands sign (U+0488). – Brett Wolfington Jan 13 '13 at 09:37
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrillic_numerals, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combining_Cyrillic_Hundred_Thousands – GSerg Jan 13 '13 at 09:48
  • ҈ this is the Cyrillic hundred thousands sign, which is not that surprising, it's more/less just like other weird looking symbols in other fonts. What I would like to know more about is the more interesting stuff hanging below and to the left; like technically how are they being rendered? They can show in anywhere I paste them and even overlap other UI objects. – user1973804 Jan 13 '13 at 09:57