Curtains forcing‌‌‌‌‍‍‍ their‌‌‌‌‍‬‬‍ ‌‌‌‌‍‬‌will‌‌‌‌‍‬‌ against the ‌‌‌‌‌‬‌‌wind,‌‌‌‌‍‍‌‌‌‌‌‍‬‬‌ children‌‌‌‌‍‬‬‍ ‌‌‌‌‍‌sleep,‌‌‌‌‌‬‌‌‌‌‌‌‍‬‍ exchanging‌‌‌‌‍‬‍‍ dreams‌‌‌‌‍‍‌ with‌‌‌‌‌‬‌‌ seraphim. The city drags‌‌‌‌‍‌‌‌‌‌‍‬‌‍‌‌‌‌‍‍‬‌‌‌‌‍‬‍‍‌‌‌‌‍‬‍‌ itself awake ‌‌‌‌‌‬‌‌on subway straps‌‌‌‌‍‬‬‍; and I, an alarm, awake‌‌‌‌‍‬‬ as‌‌‌‌‌‬‌‌‌‌‌‌‍‌‌ a‌‌‌‌‍‬‍‍‌‌‌‌‍‬‍‌‌‌‌‍‬‍‌‌‌‌‍‬‍‌‌‌‌‌ rumor of war, lie stretching into dawn, unasked and unheeded.

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    Curtains forcing‌‌‌‌‍‍‍ their‌‌‌‌‍‬‬‍ ‌‌‌‌‍‬‌will‌‌‌‌‍‬‌
    against the ‌‌‌‌‌‬‌‌wind,‌‌‌‌‍‍‌‌‌‌‌‍‬‬‌
    children‌‌‌‌‍‬‬‍ ‌‌‌‌‍‌sleep,‌‌‌‌‌‬‌‌‌‌‌‌‍‬‍
    exchanging‌‌‌‌‍‬‍‍ dreams‌‌‌‌‍‍‌ with‌‌‌‌‌‬‌‌
    seraphim. The city
    drags‌‌‌‌‍‌‌‌‌‌‍‬‌‍‌‌‌‌‍‍‬‌‌‌‌‍‬‍‍‌‌‌‌‍‬‍‌ itself awake ‌‌‌‌‌‬‌‌on
    subway straps‌‌‌‌‍‬‬‍; and
    I, an alarm, awake‌‌‌‌‍‬‬ as‌‌‌‌‌‬‌‌‌‌‌‌‍‌‌ a‌‌‌‌‍‬‍‍‌‌‌‌‍‬‍‌‌‌‌‍‬‍‌‌‌‌‍‬‍‌‌‌‌‌
    rumor of war,
    lie stretching into dawn,
    unasked and unheeded.0000000    43  75  72  74  61  69  6e  73  20  66  6f  72  63  69  6e  67
    0000020    e2  80  8c  e2  80  8c  e2  80  8c  e2  80  8c  e2  80  8d  e2
    0000040    80  8d  e2  80  8d  ef  bb  bf  20  74  68  65  69  72  e2  80
    0000060    8c  e2  80  8c  e2  80  8c  e2  80  8c  e2  80  8d  e2  80  ac
    0000100    e2  80  ac  e2  80  8d  20  e2  80  8c  e2  80  8c  e2  80  8c
    0000120    e2  80  8c  e2  80  8d  e2  80  ac  ef  bb  bf  e2  80  8c  77
    0000140    69  6c  6c  e2  80  8c  e2  80  8c  e2  80  8c  e2  80  8c  e2
    0000160    80  8d  e2  80  ac  ef  bb  bf  e2  80  8c  0a  61  67  61  69
    0000200    6e  73  74  20  74  68  65  20  e2  80  8c  e2  80  8c  e2  80
    0000220    8c  e2  80  8c  e2  80  8c  e2  80  ac  e2  80  8c  e2  80  8c
    0000240    77  69  6e  64  2c  e2  80  8c  e2  80  8c  e2  80  8c  e2  80
    0000260    8c  e2  80  8d  ef  bb  bf  e2  80  8d  e2  80  8c  e2  80  8c
    0000300    e2  80  8c  e2  80  8c  e2  80  8c  e2  80  8d  e2  80  ac  e2
    0000320    80  ac  e2  80  8c  0a  63  68  69  6c  64  72  65  6e  e2  80
    

    And so on. Not stripped or made obvious for me on mbin. It’s honestly pretty interesting to me that the paste showed extra spaces all over the place in my terminal when I pasted it, but putting it back in Firefox from the terminal to show the od output it converted them back into invisibility.

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      I discovered that issue with how it gets converted to spaces with some editors. It’s a hell of a lot more resilient than I thought it would be, to be honest. Random pastes between apps should have nuked some of the characters, I thought.

      Just off the top of my head, maybe a browser extension (or an existing one that allows you to parse content) could help detect this stuff.

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    Eh, it works’ish. On my client with my fonts, I can see obvious issues with the formatting. (Or, the lines just got squished into one.)

    I can delete this post or keep it up for discussion. Whatever.

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        Lemmy Connect for the client. It’s standard text fonts for it, I think. I’ll dig to see if I can get the font name, out of curiosity.

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          Haven’t tried Connect. I checked with Thunder, Raccoon, and Voyager.

          Not sure what I’m looking for but it all looks normal to me.

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            It would be additional spacing, usually.

            From what I see, the \n’s got clipped in the post text which seems to exaggerate the zero-length characters as wider spaces.

            I posted the decoder in another comment.