Special Characters in ATS: Bullets, Symbols, and Weird Spacing That Break Parsing
If your bullets or symbols turn into squares, it is usually a character encoding or font substitution problem, not “bad content.” Most ATS “weird parsing” comes from invisible spacing, tabs, smart quotes, ligatures, and copy paste artifacts, not just fancy icons. Use a short safety routine: standard bullets, standard punctuation, left alignment, and a plain … Read more