Anybody know what these artifacts are?

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Nisko said:

Hi! Sorry it took so long to reply. Clearing the cache didn't help. These artifacts only show up in my gmail as read in Thunderbird. I would post this in the Thunderbird forum - but can't understand the instructions for inserting a screenshot. I know that's what I should do - but this is the only forum I understand well enough to post a JPG. Perhaps someone reading this post has had the same problem.

It sure looks like the coding is not using Unicode-8. I've searched for how to change that, but as you probably well know, finding a straight answer about Thunderbird settings is less than easy. All I did run across seemed to suggest the sender is using coding=Western and s/b using Unicode-8. Not much help, I know, all I could find. Maybe it will jog something or you can take it further.

Nisko said:

Thanks! I just found a reference to the Noto Color Emoji Font - and the screenshot shows the exact same artifact as I'm referring to. It's about the same size as a letter - but looks like a square inside which are three 'zeros' (top left and right of the square and bottom right of the square - and what looks like the number '5' in the bottom right corner of the square.

And that's how it gets interpreted and "un"-coded. Yeah, it's the code package somewhere, somehow. Good luck!

Nisko said:

Please explain what you mean by the code package. I'd like to pursue this issue and fix it (if possible).

Like what I said above about Unicode-8, and Roy just posted. Unicode-8. I cannot find the setting in my Thunderbird. May be there, I just can't find it.

Nisko said:

What they are, what causes them and, most importantly, how to get rid of them.........

@Nisko

Found something you can try. I use Segoe font. Look at this link:

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change your font. Just about everyone I have seen with this complaint is using Arial and it is not a unicode font.

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