Chess Symbols In Unicode
Chess symbols are part of Unicode.
Instead of using images, one can represent chess pieces by symbols that are defined in the Unicode character set. This makes it possible to:
- Use Figurine Algebraic Notation, which replaces the letter that stands for a piece by its symbol, e.g. ♘c6 instead of Nc6. This enables the moves to be read independent of language (Algebraic Chess Notation lists the different names and letter abbreviations of pieces in several languages).
- Produce the symbols using a text editor or word processor rather than a graphics editor.
In order to display or print these symbols, one has to have one or more fonts with good Unicode support installed on the computer, and the document (Web page, word processor document, etc.) must use one of these fonts.
Read more about Chess Symbols In Unicode: Unicode Codepoints and HTML
Famous quotes containing the words chess and/or symbols:
“Work, as we usually think of it, is energy expended for a further end in view; play is energy expended for its own sake, as with children’s play, or as manifestation of the end or goal of work, as in “playing” chess or the piano. Play in this sense, then, is the fulfillment of work, the exhibition of what the work has been done for.”
—Northrop Frye (1912–1991)
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—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)