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White Question Mark in Black Diamond

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Mar 15, 202622199 views
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Problem

We are all familiar with the white question mark inside of a black diamond (�) when there is an encoding issue. Does this 'character' have an offical name? Or is it only referred to as the 'white question mark inside of a black diamond'? What would that name be if it has one?

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Fix for: White Question Mark in Black Diamond

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It's called "Replacement Character". See the related Wikipedia page. U+FFFD �​: "replacement character" used to replace an unknown or unprintable character.

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