Charcuterie: A Visual Explorer Tool for Unicode Characters and Glyphs
By
rickcarlino
Not artisan, but a perfectly fine bagel. Hits the spot.
Summary
Charcuterie is a visual explorer tool for Unicode that allows users to browse characters, discover related glyphs, and learn about scripts, symbols, and shapes. The tool uses vector space embeddings to power visual similarity comparisons between rendered glyphs. The project is still under active development and welcomes feedback, with donation options available to support further development.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledA visual explorer for Unicode. Browse the character set, discover related glyphs, and learn more about the scripts, symbols, and shapes that make up the standard.
To power visual similarity, rendered glyphs are embedded with and compared in vector space.
Charcuterie is still under active development, and feedback is always welcome. If you would like to support the project and help make more time for it, consider a donation.
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