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iOS 11 introduced a new keyboard feature called "Smart Punctuation", this feature automatically converts typewriter quotation marks to "orthographically correct" quotation marks. (right quotation mark, left quotation mark; U+201C, U+201D; U+2018, U+2019). The default Minecraft font currently does not support these quotation marks and therefore changes the font to Unicode font as soon as a quotation mark of that kind is entered into a input field.
As a workaround for this issue, you can disable the Smart Punctiation feature in the keyboard settings of your iOS device. (Settings -> General -> Keyboard -> Smart Punctuation)
When I am typing a sign, and I write some text that for some reason needs an apostrophe, all the text on that line switches to a weird font.
Steps to reproduce:
1. Place a sign.
2. Write something on the sign.
3. Put an apostrophe after what you just wrote.
EDIT: Also works with quotation marks.
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I am using the normal keyboard, and turning off Smart Punctuation helped to fix the issue. Originally, I thought it was a problem with 1.2, but J guess not. Thanks.
Recommended way for Mojang to fix:
When the unicodes from smart punctuation is detected, replace the text with the original. Or add more texts for smart punctuations to the "Minecraft" font.
I don’t know when it was fixed, but I can confirm it was fixed at some point as it no longer occurs as of 1.19.60.
@[MCPE Helper] Aspergerian
This is still an issue. When you type a symbol into a world name, it still converts to the Unicode font.
It's fixed for signs, but not any where else. (please reopen this)
I’m going to add onto this so then I don’t create a duplicate post, but I have also been experiencing issues with text on signs and in the chat.
I use iOS (iPhone 6) and this issue has been persistent since 1.2 (Bedrock) for me. One of my friends who uses Android (Samsung Galaxy S6) also experiences similar issues when typing special characters, such as a hyphen, greater or less than signs, apostrophes, and slashes.