You'll have seen it sometimes on websites.
You must have seen sites which have strange characters in the copy. I come across them all the time. Quite often this happens in blogs but I also see it on 'real" HTML websites too.
What causes it?
Well, it's quite simple.
You'll have read various rants from the grumpy old woman about HTML coding. If you're a TSDG website customer, you'll be familiar with the term 'copy coding' from your web timeline. Coding the copy involves making sure that characters are, well, properly coded.
If this isn't done, copy on the site can display like this:
Or this:
Or this:
This isn't what you want your viewers to see, is it?
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