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canetoad

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2. It originates with the

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 03:09 PM

Mar 4

Character encoding of the text. I tried to post an example few minutes ago, but received 403 Forbidden message.

HTML Encoding (Character Sets)
The HTML charset Attribute

To display an HTML page correctly, a web browser must know which character set to use.

https://www.w3schools.com/html/html_charset.asp

Now, this could be on the DU server side as the admins gear up for cyber attacks from magats, or it could be your browser. You will probably need to search your browser settings for "Character encoding" and see what you find.

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Weird characters showing up randomly in posts since 3/3 [View all] quaint Mar 4 OP

I think dweller Mar 4 #1

Thanks, I edited twice but no new glyphs. quaint Mar 4 #6

It originates with the canetoad Mar 4 #2

Try this dweller Mar 4 #3

I'm going to try it with this: hunter Mar 4 #5

I am disappointed that you are probably correct, no pertinent result when I searched Silk help, etc. quaint Mar 4 #7

Yes, as explained above.....character set walkingman Mar 4 #4

Thank you. quaint Mar 4 #8

I am trying to collect these anomalies in different posts Inkey Mar 5 #9

Oops, please see my reply #10, intended for you. quaint Mar 5 #11

Here is another example quaint Mar 5 #10

I physically went back and edited my post as I had these weird characters Just_Vote_Dem Mar 5 #12

Easy workaround, thanks. quaint Mar 5 #13