Name Tricks

Did see one interesting thing at the PocketD anniversary party.
Okay, so the ordinary reticled name is blue, and consists of title (small type), name (large type), badge (small type), SG (small white type). I spotted a couple of characters that had a glowing yellow title above their titles (one was “Smooth Operator”). I’ve never seen that before, and have no idea how it’s done, and the person zoned before I could ask them.
Pretty sure it wasn’t a Dev. But I have no idea how they did that.
Did spot another neat trick at the Icon visit earlier in the evening: three identical blue women — spot-on identical — all named the same thing: Glacial Havok.
Huh? How dey do dat?
Margie was actually able to ask. And it was nicely done. Due to the typography used on-screeen, they were able to use:
Glacial Havok
GlaciaI Havok
GIacial Havok

Which, if it’s not clear in this font, is using a capital I for one or the other lower-case Ls in the name “Glacial.” In theory, that would allow yet one more (GIaciaI), too.
Nice. Must remember that. Makes it a bit more difficult for folks to send you tells, but …
Maybe twin squiddies …
UPDATE: The golden titles were evidently being handed out by the devs at the party for good costumes. They’re time-limited, so will vanish in a day or less. Whatever.

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  1. I’ve seen the “duplicate name” trick before. Having seen the trouble the sans serif font at the back of the Klingon Dictionary causes, it wasn’t too tough for me to figure out. I’ve since heard people expressing amazement over the phenomenon on CC, only to be disappointed when somebody explained it to them.

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