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Q&A Promoted posts image renders Hebrew ℵ as "?", but Greek "Α" correctly [duplicate]

In this case, an image really is worth a thousand words: That links to the question What sound did the letter ℵ encode in ancient Hebrew, and why did it morph into the greek vowel Α? The origin...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Canina‭  ·  closed as duplicate 3y ago by manassehkatz‭

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#5: Question closed by user avatar manassehkatz‭ · 2021-06-08T14:25:20Z (almost 3 years ago)
#4: Post edited by user avatar Canina‭ · 2021-06-07T19:22:35Z (almost 3 years ago)
  • In this case, an image really is worth a thousand words:
  • ![What sound did the letter ? encode in ancient Hebrew, and why did it morph into the greek vowel Α?](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/dxcpWZv7tMU73a3Kq6o4DmeT)
  • That links to the question [What sound did the letter ℵ encode in ancient Hebrew, and why did it morph into the greek vowel Α?](https://languages.codidact.com/posts/281765)
  • The original image is at https://languages.codidact.com/ca/posts/281765.png
  • Notice that, in the image, "ℵ" displays as a question mark, but "Α" (which really is a Greek uppercase alpha U+0391, and not a Latin uppercase A U+0041) displays correctly.
  • I believe that this is a bug, and that ℵ should also render correctly in this case.
  • More generally, if we're going to go around replacing characters that for some reason can't be rendered in the image, it's probably better to use "�" U+FFFD for that purpose.
  • In this case, an image really is worth a thousand words:
  • ![What sound did the letter ? encode in ancient Hebrew, and why did it morph into the greek vowel Α?](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/dxcpWZv7tMU73a3Kq6o4DmeT)
  • That links to the question [What sound did the letter ℵ encode in ancient Hebrew, and why did it morph into the greek vowel Α?](https://languages.codidact.com/posts/281765)
  • The original image is at https://languages.codidact.com/ca/posts/281765.png
  • Notice that, in the image, "ℵ" U+2135 displays as a question mark, but "Α" (which really is a Greek uppercase alpha U+0391, not the visually similar Latin uppercase A U+0041) displays correctly.
  • I believe that this is a bug, and that ℵ should also render correctly in this case.
  • More generally, if we're going to go around replacing characters that for some reason can't be rendered in the image, it's probably better to use "�" U+FFFD for that purpose.
#3: Post edited by user avatar Canina‭ · 2021-06-07T19:21:07Z (almost 3 years ago)
  • In this case, an image really is worth a thousand words:
  • ![What sound did the letter ? encode in ancient Hebrew, and why did it morph into the greek vowel Α?](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/dxcpWZv7tMU73a3Kq6o4DmeT)
  • That links to the question [What sound did the letter ℵ encode in ancient Hebrew, and why did it morph into the greek vowel Α?](https://languages.codidact.com/posts/281765)
  • Notice that, in the image, "ℵ" displays as a question mark, but "Α" (which really is a Greek uppercase alpha U+0391, and not a Latin uppercase A U+0041) displays correctly.
  • I believe that this is a bug, and that ℵ should also render correctly in this case.
  • More generally, if we're going to go around replacing characters that for some reason can't be rendered in the image, it's probably better to use "�" U+FFFD for that purpose.
  • In this case, an image really is worth a thousand words:
  • ![What sound did the letter ? encode in ancient Hebrew, and why did it morph into the greek vowel Α?](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/dxcpWZv7tMU73a3Kq6o4DmeT)
  • That links to the question [What sound did the letter ℵ encode in ancient Hebrew, and why did it morph into the greek vowel Α?](https://languages.codidact.com/posts/281765)
  • The original image is at https://languages.codidact.com/ca/posts/281765.png
  • Notice that, in the image, "ℵ" displays as a question mark, but "Α" (which really is a Greek uppercase alpha U+0391, and not a Latin uppercase A U+0041) displays correctly.
  • I believe that this is a bug, and that ℵ should also render correctly in this case.
  • More generally, if we're going to go around replacing characters that for some reason can't be rendered in the image, it's probably better to use "�" U+FFFD for that purpose.
#2: Post edited by user avatar Canina‭ · 2021-06-07T19:20:23Z (almost 3 years ago)
  • In this case, an image really is worth a thousand words:
  • ![What sound did the letter ? encode in ancient Hebrew, and why did it morph into the greek vowel Α?](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/dxcpWZv7tMU73a3Kq6o4DmeT)
  • That links to the question [What sound did the letter ℵ encode in ancient Hebrew, and why did it morph into the greek vowel Α?](https://languages.codidact.com/posts/281765)
  • Notice that, in the image, "ℵ" displays as a question mark, but "Α" (which really is a Greek uppercase alpha U+0391, and not a Latin uppercase A U+0041) displays correctly.
  • I believe that this is a bug.
  • In this case, an image really is worth a thousand words:
  • ![What sound did the letter ? encode in ancient Hebrew, and why did it morph into the greek vowel Α?](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/dxcpWZv7tMU73a3Kq6o4DmeT)
  • That links to the question [What sound did the letter ℵ encode in ancient Hebrew, and why did it morph into the greek vowel Α?](https://languages.codidact.com/posts/281765)
  • Notice that, in the image, "ℵ" displays as a question mark, but "Α" (which really is a Greek uppercase alpha U+0391, and not a Latin uppercase A U+0041) displays correctly.
  • I believe that this is a bug, and that ℵ should also render correctly in this case.
  • More generally, if we're going to go around replacing characters that for some reason can't be rendered in the image, it's probably better to use "�" U+FFFD for that purpose.
#1: Initial revision by user avatar Canina‭ · 2021-06-07T19:18:33Z (almost 3 years ago)
Promoted posts image renders Hebrew ℵ as "?", but Greek "Α" correctly
In this case, an image really is worth a thousand words:

![What sound did the letter ? encode in ancient Hebrew, and why did it morph into the greek vowel Α?](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/dxcpWZv7tMU73a3Kq6o4DmeT)

That links to the question [What sound did the letter ℵ encode in ancient Hebrew, and why did it morph into the greek vowel Α?](https://languages.codidact.com/posts/281765)

Notice that, in the image, "ℵ" displays as a question mark, but "Α" (which really is a Greek uppercase alpha U+0391, and not a Latin uppercase A U+0041) displays correctly.

I believe that this is a bug.