Why do Characters like these exist in Unicode: Ñ̷̡͔̔̌̒͂̍́̈́͠ỏ̷̺͒̍̎̑̌͋̊́͗̚͠͝i̵̡̨̼͍͉͙̱͇̻̳̤̮̓̒͌͆̈̅̀̆̕ç̵̧̢̨̻̲̭̼̦̆̽̎͐́̍͂ë̶̪̖̬͇̥̭̹̟̯̝͛̊̓̑͊͘͝ͅ. What purpose do they serve.

Question

These look so chopped up. I don’t get where this would be useful.

In: Technology

Answer 1

So that is 90 characters but most of them are combining characters such as accents and similar modifiers to allow UNICODE to support the wide variety of written language, people combine them in odd ways to make text look strange.

You can see what some of them are here:

[https://unicodelookup.com/#%C3%91%CC%B7%CC%94%CC%8C%CC%92%CD%82%CC%8D%CD%81%CD%A0%CD%84%CD%94%CC%A1o%CC%B7%CD%A0%CC%9A%CC%89%CD%92%CD%9D%CC%8D%CC%8E%CC%91%CC%8C%CD%8B%CC%8A%CD%81%CD%97%CC%BAi%CC%B5%CD%83%CC%92%CD%8C%CD%86%CC%88%CC%85%CC%95%CD%80%CC%86%CC%BC%CD%8D%CD%89%CD%99%CC%A1%CC%B1%CD%87%CC%A8%CC%BB%CC%B3%CC%A4%CC%AE%C3%A7%CC%B5%CC%86%CC%BD%CC%8E%CD%90%CD%81%CC%8D%CD%82%CC%BB%CC%B2%CC%A7%CC%AD%CC%BC%CC%A6%CC%A2%CC%A8%C3%AB%CC%B6%CD%9B%CD%98%CD%9D%CC%8A%CC%93%CC%91%CD%8A%CC%AA%CC%96%CC%AC%CD%87%CC%A5%CC%AD%CD%85%CC%B9%CC%9F%CC%AF%CC%9D/1](https://unicodelookup.com/#%C3%91%CC%B7%CC%94%CC%8C%CC%92%CD%82%CC%8D%CD%81%CD%A0%CD%84%CD%94%CC%A1o%CC%B7%CD%A0%CC%9A%CC%89%CD%92%CD%9D%CC%8D%CC%8E%CC%91%CC%8C%CD%8B%CC%8A%CD%81%CD%97%CC%BAi%CC%B5%CD%83%CC%92%CD%8C%CD%86%CC%88%CC%85%CC%95%CD%80%CC%86%CC%BC%CD%8D%CD%89%CD%99%CC%A1%CC%B1%CD%87%CC%A8%CC%BB%CC%B3%CC%A4%CC%AE%C3%A7%CC%B5%CC%86%CC%BD%CC%8E%CD%90%CD%81%CC%8D%CD%82%CC%BB%CC%B2%CC%A7%CC%AD%CC%BC%CC%A6%CC%A2%CC%A8%C3%AB%CC%B6%CD%9B%CD%98%CD%9D%CC%8A%CC%93%CC%91%CD%8A%CC%AA%CC%96%CC%AC%CD%87%CC%A5%CC%AD%CD%85%CC%B9%CC%9F%CC%AF%CC%9D/1)

More on combining characters:

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combining_character](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combining_character)