though most other software does not.

For example, the four character string "{{mono" is encoded in UTF-8 like this (shown as hexadecimal byte values): . Of the six units in that sequence, , , and are singletons (for , , and ), is a lead unit and and are trail units. The heart symbol is represented by the combination of the lead unit and the two trail units.

UTF-8 clearly distinguishes singletons, leads, and trails

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