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[Maken]

> Wonder if HN can display Norse runic characters.

HN can display any character as long as the computer rendering the page has a font that supports the glyphs.

[yorwba → Maken]

HN removes some Unicode ranges, like emoji and a few other symbols.

[Maken → yorwba]

Now that's interesting (and somewhat understandable).