I wanted to shorten my name to something funnier.
Something like Temᵖᵒʳᵃʳʸ.
It turns out this is not possible.
Which led me on a quest to find all acceptable characters.
The majority of the symbols from the Windows-1252 code page work..
I have reproduced below, omitting symbols which do not work.
If you know of more symbols that work, hit me up on Discord. I hang out in RL Hub.
Windows-1252 (CP1252)
You can look at the full list on Wikipedia.
Standard characters
I didn't test standard ASCII symbols. I figure all these must work...
In the below chart, that's rows 0_ thru 7_, inclusive.
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0_ | ||||||||||||||||
| 1_ | ||||||||||||||||
| 2_ | ! |
" |
# |
$ |
% |
& |
' |
( |
) |
* |
+ |
, |
- |
. |
/ |
|
| 3_ | 0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
: |
; |
< |
= |
> |
? |
| 4_ | @ |
A |
B |
C |
D |
E |
F |
G |
H |
I |
J |
K |
L |
M |
N |
O |
| 5_ | P |
Q |
R |
S |
T |
U |
V |
W |
X |
Y |
Z |
[ |
\ |
] |
^ |
_ |
| 6_ | ` |
a |
b |
c |
d |
e |
f |
g |
h |
i |
j |
k |
l |
m |
n |
o |
| 7_ | p |
q |
r |
s |
t |
u |
v |
w |
x |
y |
z |
{ |
| |
} |
~ |
|
| 8_ | € |
‚ |
ƒ |
„ |
… |
† |
‡ |
ˆ |
‰ |
Š |
‹ |
Œ |
Ž |
|||
| 9_ | ‘ |
’ |
“ |
” |
• |
– |
— |
˜ |
™ |
š |
› |
œ |
ž |
Ÿ |
||
| A_ | ¡ |
¢ |
£ |
¤ |
¥ |
¦ |
§ |
¨ |
© |
ª |
« |
¬ |
® |
¯ |
||
| B_ | ° |
± |
² |
³ |
´ |
µ |
¶ |
· |
¸ |
¹ |
º |
» |
¼ |
½ |
¾ |
¿ |
| C_ | À |
Á |
 |
à |
Ä |
Å |
Æ |
Ç |
È |
É |
Ê |
Ë |
Ì |
Í |
Î |
Ï |
| D_ | Ð |
Ñ |
Ò |
Ó |
Ô |
Õ |
Ö |
× |
Ø |
Ù |
Ú |
Û |
Ü |
Ý |
Þ |
ß |
| E_ | à |
á |
â |
ã |
ä |
å |
æ |
ç |
è |
é |
ê |
ë |
ì |
í |
î |
ï |
| F_ | ð |
ñ |
ò |
ó |
ô |
õ |
ö |
÷ |
ø |
ù |
ú |
û |
ü |
ý |
þ |
ÿ |
OS/2 extensions
Surprisingly, most of these work. Except 0x04, which produces the usual block.
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0_ | ˘ |
˙ |
˚ |
˝ |
˛ |
ˇ |
MS-Dos Extensions (rare)
Nothing in this table works, with the exception that...
│─ produces an EM dash? (Neither symbol on its own produces anything...)

| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0_ | ||||||||||||||||
| 1_ |