Charcuterie – Visual similarity Unicode explorer

(charcuterie.elastiq.ch)

69 points | by rickcarlino 2 hours ago

9 comments

  • siddboots 1 hour ago
    Very cool concept and execution, well done.

    I don't quite understand what is going on with the "spotlight" UI concept - I can click around on the characters and it highlights an area and it also reloads the landscape local to the character that I clicked on, so I can sort of traverse the similarity landscape this way. But I feel like I might be missing some part of the visual metaphor?

  • SpyCoder77 16 minutes ago
    Very good design. I added a visual similarity feature to my Unicode explorer a while ago, but it is nowhere near as fast. It is at https://unicode-atlas.vercel.app if anyone would like to check it out.
  • pimlottc 35 minutes ago
    This is cool but the characters are awful small on my iPhone 14 Pro. Decent bit of wasted space too. Why are the characters in the previous history list (on the “rim” so much bigger than the characters I’m actively exploring?
  • tantalor 30 minutes ago
    Ouch, my back button
  • irickt 2 hours ago
    "Everything runs in your browser."

    That's cool. The sound effects seem like natural thinking sounds. :)

    Several models to compare.

  • minantom 20 minutes ago
    Very cool concept and execution.
  • evilelectron 43 minutes ago
    WOW! What a lovely way to explore the character map.
  • fortyseven 37 minutes ago
    Anyone else think of the film 'Hangar 18'; specifically the alien language they find on the UFO?
  • mplanchard 1 hour ago
    Love the name, very clever