Blogging with Magic Unicode: Simple Doesn't Have to Mean Boring!

Hello, webcrafters! It is currently nearly two in the morning, but I really need to hash this out while it's still fresh in my head. One thing I notice about personal websites and the IndieWeb, especially platforms like Bear Blog, is the simplicity. Which I love! The second thing I notice is the plain boringness, which is not the same thing, and something I don't like! One thing I've noted previously in my musings on the IndieWeb is that there is a tricky balance between accessibility and joy. There are beautiful and amazing artisanal handcrafted sites all over Neocities, some of which proudly boast they don't display properly on mobile screens. That's fine, but how do they deal with screen readers, and other assistive technologies? I already wrote a blog post about web accessibility, so I won't repeat myself here. What I do want to do is figure out ways to incorporate visual interest into your website while keeping it minimal, speedy, brutalist even. I understand there is a group of…