Seeing strange fonts on your Xbox One? Here's why...

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 Translation and localization can lead to some "interesting" character encoding issues when done incorrectly and without the proper software support. This article explores why some strange fonts are appearing in the latest Xbox builds, but also why Microsoft is doing things the right way when it comes to translation and localization...

 https://www.windowscentral.com/xbox-one-os-preview-fonts

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