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   candycanearter07 to ldo@nz.invalid   
   Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer ques   
   16 Aug 25 00:10:09   
   
   XPost: aus.computers, alt.os.linux.debian   
   From: candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid   
      
   Lawrence D’Oliveiro  wrote at 00:52 this Friday (GMT):   
   > On Thu, 14 Aug 2025 16:30:05 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:   
   >   
   >> Aren't there a lot of non-printing characters in Unicode?   
   >   
   > By definition, Unicode is (almost) entirely about printing characters.   
      
      
   Right, sorry. What I meant is that most fonts don't have codepoints for   
   every possible Unicode character, so it would either have to use a   
   fallback font (might mess up rendering or line height) or just render it   
   invisibly/as a box.   
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