Z????
October 26, 2009 7:55 PM   RSS feed for this thread Subscribe

Can't believe I'm blowing a question on this: what lovecraftian two syllable unicode font mangling word, starting with a Z, was posted on this site a little while back?

reinterpreted comics were involved
posted by leotrotsky to computers & internet (14 comments total) 11 users marked this as a favorite
Zalgo?
posted by FishBike at 7:58 PM on October 26


Zalgo
posted by Inspector.Gadget at 7:58 PM on October 26


Z҉A҉L҉G҉O̚̕̚

H҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘Ȅ̐̑̒̚̕̚ IS C̒̓̔̿̿̿̕̚̚̕̚̕̚̕̚̕̚̕̚OMI҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘NG > ͡҉҉ ̵̡̢̛̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠͇̊̋̌̍̎̏̿̿̿̚ ҉ ҉҉̡̢̡̢̛̛̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑ ͡҉҉

posted by Herschel at 7:58 PM on October 26 [3 favorites has favorites]


dammit, that's it. Thanks.
posted by leotrotsky at 7:58 PM on October 26


The thread itself is Bͬͮͩ̽͐ͫ͏̨͉̭͉̖̀ȅ̴̛̦̹̪̀̒̐͒̊͜h̸͚̠̥̪̫̦̝͑͗̇͛̋͌ͯͫ͜ͅi̷͎̬̘̻͙̣̬͗ͮ̋͞͝n̡̥͓̫̪͓͎͙ͭ̄̌͊̑̾ͬͅͅd̨͍̤͍̘̩͙͊̊̂ͮ ̻̰͓ͩ̒ͨ͑͒ͦT͇̻̳̜͔ͥh̪͚̐͞e̥̳͎̪ͧ̆ͧ͒́ ̷̷̟̩̠̳̐͂ͦ̐̎W̡͔̯̭̖̫̖̙͕̔͒ͫ̌ͯ̅͐ͩͣͅa̦̟͍ͯ̅̊ͧͩ̓ͮ͊l̜̣̖̩ͨ͌l̵̶̻̎͝.͑̃̽͜҉̞̥̲͇̥̹
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posted by Fiasco da Gama at 8:08 PM on October 26 [1 favorite has favorites]


Bonus answer: here's the site where you make with the wacky. (I had been wondering how everyone was doing that, but was too chicken to ask. Turns out to be the 2nd link in the Zalgo post, which I had somehow overlooked. U̦̯͍̹̜̰͎͜͡N̵͏̸̪̤̲T̼̞̥͟I̯̭͈̤̜̰̝̗͡L̷̛͙͔͔̖͘ ̷̤̗̲͖̻N̛̫͓͔͇͎͚͈̻O̠̹̫͎̮͜Ẁ̛̝̼͙͔̙̭.)

You can just copy and paste it into the comment box.
posted by ErikaB at 8:11 PM on October 26 [4 favorites has favorites]


T̴̢̓ͧͮ̓̈̋͏͉̦h͈͔̑̉ȁ̡̫͉̟͍͚̫̊̊n̢͍͋̂͌͊̉̔ͨ̈́͘k̥̦̖̼̇͑̔͒́̚͜ͅs̴̷̬̭͋͡ ͈̬͇͖̹̥̓̏ͥ͑ͮ̉̆̑ę͙͎͎͓̙ͫ̈́ͪ͘v̯͍̹̤͚̾ͨͨͭͤ̿ͬͧ̚͢ė̤̘̺̜̗̩̓ͯ̍̀͠r̵̭̻̱͍͇̆y̷̋ͤ͑ͯ̏҉͉̬͎̩̫̤̹̺̹̕b̗̟̰̤̗͛ͥ̍̄ͯ̒ͦ̀͞ơ̙̬͛̑ḋ̯͈͈̜̟̗̞̋y̢̙̭̟̬͉̰ͨ̾͋̋ͯ̓ͣͅ!̞̩͙͈̞̹͛̉̀
posted by leotrotsky at 8:12 PM on October 26


Here's a brief history

I'̵ve͘ ̶sa̕i̵d too̧ ͟m̀uch.̴..̷



͈̗̝ͨ̍̈́ͨ̿̈̿H̦̊̔̈́͒̃̓̾̀Ẻ̠̲̳̙̲̱͕͙ͫ͐̇ ̘̦̜̽̇̈́ͧͦ̇ͨC̬͔̄ͫO͎̟͔̱̲̤͉͆ͩ͑̆ͫM͉̘̤̯̮̳̞̍͋ͮ͆E̝̰̖̼̘͙̬̪͈͌ͧ̋͂̚S̼͉̝͗̍̎́͂̓͂ !!!



̗̳͔̮̜̗̙̐ͮ̔̆ͦͅ
Zͧ͌ͩ̔̈́͋̐̂ͧ͆ͥ͊͟͞҉̧̢̫͔̳͖̘̘̜̦̠̺͎Ḁ̰̺̥̺̮͉͕̤̖̮̱̪̰ͩ͌̎̿̑͊ͭͤ̔̏ͣ̍ͬͫ͂̀̓ͧ̕͞͠͞L̃̀̈̔̐ͩ̏̆̐҉̻̙̗̙̤̜̹̪̗͎̗ͅĜ̸̬̤̳̼̂̓͒ͮ̈ͨ̋ͣ̔̚͜͜͠͞Ȍ̈̅̿͌ͧͧ̎ͥ̿ͣ̓̓͑̅̔̚҉̷̞̗̞̖
posted by chrisamiller at 8:32 PM on October 26


Since the question is all taken care of: my home computer (with Vista) sees everything ok, but my work computer (with XP) doesn't work. I'm using FF3.5 on both, so I assume its a font issue; is there somewhere I can get the right fonts?
posted by ArgentCorvid at 10:38 PM on October 26 [1 favorite has favorites]


I got it working on my XP by installing a couple of odd unicode fonts which I found via googling unicode and the numbers in the little boxes in the untranslated 'Zalgo' messages... can't remember off-hand exactly what they were though (of course going this road looses 2d6 SAN. You have been warned)
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 4:08 AM on October 27


I got it working on my XP by installing a couple of odd unicode fonts which I found via googling unicode and the numbers in the little boxes in the untranslated 'Zalgo' messages... can't remember off-hand exactly what they were though (of course going this road looses 2d6 SAN. You have been warned)

I also take this as further evidence that Vista is a construct sent by the Old Ones.
posted by ArgentCorvid at 6:18 AM on October 27


I too was wondering how everybody was doing that. I figured it was doctorate-level HTML.




B̯͎̘̪͕͓͚̯͉̝̤͍̭͑ͧ͒̀̽̇̃ͤͬ̄͌̇͋ͭͣ̆̚u̬̭̹̹ͤ̅̈́͆̊̉͗͗̿̂͑ẗ̝͉̻̞̖̥̱͈̠̜̤̱̤͉̅̃̑̊͗͂̓͂ͦͩ̅̊̊͐ ͖̥͔̼̞̝̮̩̙͕͓̰ͬͯ͋ͫ̃̆ͣ̈́ͭ̋ͪͨͫ̄I͍̟̤̘͖͖͉͇͇͉̫̘͉͚͙̠̮̻̔̌͆̅ͭ͛̂̊ͨ ͚̟͖̳̲̙͔͕̙̩͕̖̟̼̭̓́̄̀ͩ̊̈ͧ̔ͫͦͧ̚̚ͅh͕̭͎̪̫͍̱̆͑̽͒̃̾ͥͦ̓ͯͨ̊͌͑̐͆̀ǎ̩͈͉̣̩̖͐̋̌͐ͫ̿ͦ̇ͮͮ͑̒͑ͥv̻̗̬̱̙͙͇̟̮ͫ̌̑͂ͧ̃̏ͣ͗ͨ̂̃̍̾͛͗̚̚e͉̦͉͖̻̭͇̱̬͎͓̣͈̮͓͇̟̽͐ͤ̀̋̅̄̍̒ ̦̻͖͚̗̝͎͙̲̪̩̤̝̅̿́ͥͣ̉̃͒̈̏ͩ̐ͭͤͦ̇̓̚̚t̲̙̜̹͓̰͈͇ͣ̽́͐h̖̹͉͕̝̤̦̰͖̼̰̣͓͓̳̯͈̲̬͗ͭ̔̔͊͒e̦͖̩̯̗͚̍̇͑ͤ͂̏ͬ̌̾̑̓͐ͥ̽͛͐͋ ̼̞͉̘̠͉̣̳̩͖̮͍̤̭̽̈ͮ͑ͣ̿̀̅̂́̅̉̅̊͑̊́P͔̣̤̪̗͍̟̟̄̌̄̈ͩ̉̉̋̄ͅỌ̹͔̜͚̰̭̱̘͖̠̺̜̟̻̼ͫͣ͑̂͐̉ͮͩW̲͕̪̫̖̱͓̬̔ͣͫ̏̋̍È̖̟̙̤̙̥̘ͣ̿ͮ̌ͣ̽̋͊̏͋̅͆ͯR̰͖͔͙̹͍̹̹̭͙͔̝̖͔͇ͫ́͆̆ͨ͋͗̃̂̓̚ͅ ̠̣̠̞̻̰͈͎͉̯̗̙͚̯̃͆̄͛̿̈́̓͋ͦ̒ͫͪͤn̤̣̜̝͔̼̣̣̄ͯͧͫ́ͩͨ̉ͪͫo̮̬͎͔͖̤̞̣͙͈̲͈̝̱̫̼͋̎̉̈̾w̠̤̣̪̘̠̲͉̔̽͛ͥͧ̑̉̅ͥ̅͆̈ͥ̓̚ͅ!̬̮̰̼͍̣̪͙̤̞̙̯̱̾ͥ̔͊̌̾̔̾̉͊̽̄͊ͥͨ
posted by yeti at 6:57 AM on October 27


Oh, it stripped my extra spaces at the bottom.
posted by yeti at 6:58 AM on October 27


C͎͍̦͈̖ͬ̓̔̄͑͌ͪ̉t̬͉͉̮͇͔̩͍̹͍͎̣͍͂͑̋̃̎̅̿ͦ̆͗͒̄̈ͨͪ͑ͅḥ̹̝̙̻̲͈͔̺͈͉̮̟̣̳̥̔͑͒̑̂͊̾͆͊͊ͭ̚ṳ̩̹̫͖̅̏̓ͤ̇̓l̪͙̩͕̣͖͈̅̾ͦ̄̊͆̊ͅȟ͔̰̻͙͇̹͙͔̟̫̙̻̼͉̾̈ͫͣ̆͂̍̅̈́͗̏ͪ̂̅̋̚ͅu͙̬͉̼̬̖̻̳͍ͪͩͪͬ̆̐̑̾͐ͭ́́̉ ̙̺͙̬̉ͩ̊̔̽ͤ͒f̘̤̪̞̠͉̜̮͈̣͓͍͚̺͍̝̬͚͎͆͑ͫ̉̃ͣ̑͛̓͛̐̍̽ͮ̚h̘̻̩̬͇̮̲̖̪ͫͫ̒̏̄̈ͪ̋̐ͪ̓ͥ͛́̚t͖̩̮̰̦̭̖͚̜̦̩̲̹̝͓̰̰̊̎̎ͤͅa̰̝̙̰̥͎͚̠̞ͨ̉̍ͣ̅ͮ̾̍̈́̓̀͒̿̽͂͗ͧ͒ͅg̰͍̣̰̣̺̺̖̱͐̐ͥ̒ṇ̩̤̖̱̗͕̬̮̝͈͈̮̖̩̋̎̎͑̇̈́!̗͔̝̖̥̜̙̮͉̪̝͇̪̥͕̹̙͗͆̈́́̃̈́͗ͦ͊̀͛̿̅ͯͤ̐̄ͬͅ
posted by miskatonic at 1:51 PM on October 27


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