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When I try to edit any question or answer here, I see this:

Edit box for RPG SE answer, showing large number of odd characters that look like an inverted ^ with a vertical stroke | on right side.

Copying and pasting these characters anywhere else works fine, though:

 *Bow of Wintermoon* is fine, it’s other bows that are unclear You claim that > It's clear how this works with weapons […] with composite bows where the maximum damage bonus is set to a number you paid for, 

(copying the first three lines of the odd characters)

Each of the odd visible characters is apparently a space. All non-space characters are present, just zero-width. Typing in these textareas obeys the same rules: I can type any non-space characters I want without any visible result, but they are actually typed (arrow keys move among them as expected, etc.), and then spaces produce the odd character shown.

Canceling the edit and trying again yields the same result. Even refreshing the page doesn’t fix it. Other pages seem fine. Does anyone else see this? How do we fix it?

I am using Firefox 143.0.4 (64-bit), on Windows 11 Pro, version 22H2 (OS build 22621.4317, experience “Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.22700.1041.0”).

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  • \$\begingroup\$ The answer (and its source Markdown) both look fine to me. I don't see the characters/symbols shown in your screenshot. \$\endgroup\$ Commented Oct 14 at 23:12

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The problem is not with that Q&A; it’s with that tab. Navigating to that Q&A in another tab has none of those problems; navigating to other Q&As in the affected tab exhibits the same problems. Likely a Firefox bug, then, I suppose? I note that when I “Inspect” the text area and hover over the “Computed” font-family attribute for it, the tooltip is blank (where it is supposed to say “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” in the chosen font), which is not true in other tabs.

I suppose this must be a fluke. In case it becomes relevant, I navigated to the page in this tab via a notification, I think? That answer was most recently edited by another user? That’s all I’ve got.

Anyway, using a new tab solves the problem for me.

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