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Is it technically possible to support Arabic usernames? (lemdro.id)
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And how to do it? Looking for a tutorial.

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[–] refalo@programming.dev 2 points 23 hours ago

yes

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

If you support unicode you can d̸͍̳̣̱̼̞̠̝͚̽͑̀̾̈́̎̇̀͂̆̀̚͟͜ͅò̸̧̻̩̲͈̭͎͎̗̝̫͉̓̕͠ ̴̝̜̻̝̹̘̺͜͠a̶̛̱͙͙̭̟͍͍̟̫͎͉͐͌͂̎̇͊̈́͋̇̔̈̏̚l̵̢̜͉̩͍̯̯̤͔̪̲̟͈̅̌̉̏̾͑̓͂͆̀̐͂͟͟͡ļ̷̜̥͍͓͉͈̮̻̰̘̹̣̒͌̒̑̅͂͐̏̾̓̀̽͟͝͡ ̷̡̛͚̻̪͈͕̭̪͎̪̎͑́̆͑͂̉͑͜͠🄺🄸🄽🄳 🄾🄵 𝔴𝔢𝔦𝔯𝔡 𝓈𝓉𝓊𝒻𝒻.

[–] tyler@programming.dev 8 points 1 day ago

Yes, if you support Unicode fully you’ll support Arabic automatically. There are RTL code points that will switch text direction automatically. Browsers support this at the html and css level. There’s a bunch of different ways.

[–] ludrol@programming.dev 1 points 1 day ago

If you won't provide any details no one will be able to help you.