Comments on: How to insert graphics in Twitter messages http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/01/14/how-to-insert-graphics-in-twitter-messages/ The blog of John D. Cook Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:42:11 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: human mathematics http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/01/14/how-to-insert-graphics-in-twitter-messages/comment-page-1/#comment-114391 human mathematics Sat, 12 Nov 2011 16:26:09 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=1266#comment-114391 There's already a twitter package for <code>R</code>, I wonder how hard it would be to make a package that maps histograms or line charts onto the Unicode sparkline scale.... There’s already a twitter package for R, I wonder how hard it would be to make a package that maps histograms or line charts onto the Unicode sparkline scale….

]]> By: human mathematics http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/01/14/how-to-insert-graphics-in-twitter-messages/comment-page-1/#comment-114390 human mathematics Sat, 12 Nov 2011 16:24:59 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=1266#comment-114390 Firefox on Ubuntu renders the face best. Firefox on Ubuntu renders the face best.

]]> By: John http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/01/14/how-to-insert-graphics-in-twitter-messages/comment-page-1/#comment-85249 John Tue, 31 May 2011 23:01:47 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=1266#comment-85249 Bob: You have to install a font that has a glyph for your symbol, such as Arial Unicode. But it still depends on your application: you might not be able to tell your software what fonts to use. If the software has hard-coded a font that doesn't have a glyph for your character, there's nothing you can do. Bob: You have to install a font that has a glyph for your symbol, such as Arial Unicode. But it still depends on your application: you might not be able to tell your software what fonts to use. If the software has hard-coded a font that doesn’t have a glyph for your character, there’s nothing you can do.

]]> By: bob http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/01/14/how-to-insert-graphics-in-twitter-messages/comment-page-1/#comment-85195 bob Tue, 31 May 2011 17:38:20 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=1266#comment-85195 how do you fix a missing unicode character on windows? if it just shows a square i mean. i want to be able to see u+0243. how do you fix a missing unicode character on windows? if it just shows a square i mean. i want to be able to see u+0243.

]]> By: Michael http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/01/14/how-to-insert-graphics-in-twitter-messages/comment-page-1/#comment-30924 Michael Sun, 17 Jan 2010 16:07:30 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=1266#comment-30924 Yeah, interesting subject. Here is the link so you can see how it renders in your software: http://twitter.com/mattcopp/status/7515794496 Here is Safari on Mac: http://twitpic.com/yidau Yeah, interesting subject.

Here is the link so you can see how it renders in your software:
http://twitter.com/mattcopp/status/7515794496

Here is Safari on Mac:
http://twitpic.com/yidau

]]> By: Brendan O'Connor http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/01/14/how-to-insert-graphics-in-twitter-messages/comment-page-1/#comment-12388 Brendan O'Connor Sun, 25 Jan 2009 00:46:10 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=1266#comment-12388 This is really clever. Now on my todo's: make a graphing app that outputs a unicode sparklines representation! This is really clever. Now on my todo’s: make a graphing app that outputs a unicode sparklines representation!

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