https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_symbols_in_Unicode

May be old info for most of you but I just found out, & was surprised.

I thought practically everything was in Unicode these days

I always thought unicode was how unicorns communicated through unsecure channels.

Printed score sheets then can use these symbols instead of K,Q,R,B,N :-)

I thought they didn't and that resulted in their extinction

"Those horned ponies don't fool me"

BlargDragon wrote:

I always thought unicode was how unicorns communicated through unsecure channels.

It was the opposite, actually. Their extensive use of unicode led them to all become shut-ins hopelessly addicted to the uninet until their society collapsed and they succumbed to mass starvation. The remaining unicorns avoid humanity because they see us heading toward the same fate, and since we don't see them it's incorrectly thought that they're extinct.

And I'd just edited my post for a more dramatic effect. Makes sense though, except how did they type with hoofs?

It's funny you mention ponies, because they provide an excellent illustration of how to work around hooves:

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looks like a ...........gas mask? a DSV (deep-submergence vehicle)? a thing you find in a toolbox and don't know what it is used for?