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Products that do what UnicodeForUs, open-source repository of fun unicode characters does

1. 1US
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2. 2UL
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3. 3
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4. 4OT
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5. 5IM
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6. 6EA
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7. 7FP
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8. 8BA
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9. 9TA
   txtpic, a Rust project to generate Unicode text from images▲5

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10. 10NB
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11. 11AT
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12. 12AS
    A simple hack to highlight questionable unicode▲5

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13. 13ZD
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    2016 · github.com

14. 14
    Shapecatcher▲85

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15. 15AS
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    2018 · v-fonts.com

16. 16AT
    Ascii_tree – A way to create beautiful ASCII trees▲79

    2019 · github.com

17. 17TI
    tascii.io – a multiplayer ASCII character grid▲9

    2018 · tascii.io

18. 18LN
    Linenoise NG – GNU Readline Replacement, with UTF8 and Windows (BSD)▲63

    2016 · github.com

19. 19IB
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    2016 · files.righto.com

20. 20RT
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21. 21UF
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22. 22AB
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23. 23US
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24. 24WH
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