{"schema":"cpc-unicode-answer-v1","question":"Which fallback should you use for a right arrow when the target was not tested?","answer":"A text symbol for direction. The target font still needs a usable glyph. Code points: U+2192. Its appearance is font-dependent; an emoji arrow has different presentation. A non-equivalent fallback is \"->\" (ASCII-only directional marker). Two characters; not the same Unicode symbol. Font coverage, shaping, and application acceptance were not tested, so those results are unknown.","unicodeVersion":"18.0.0","purpose":"terminal","citation":"Do not invent a platform-support claim from this data.","page":"/answers/what-fallback-to-use-when-a-target-was-not-tested/","markdown":"/answers/what-fallback-to-use-when-a-target-was-not-tested.md","sample":"→","codepoints":[{"codepoint":"U+2192","name":"RIGHTWARDS ARROW","displayLabel":"→","warnings":["right-arrow"],"explanations":[{"id":"right-arrow","title":"Rightwards arrow","behavior":"A text symbol for direction. The target font still needs a usable glyph.","limitation":"Its appearance is font-dependent; an emoji arrow has different presentation.","fix":"For an ASCII-only terminal or protocol, write -> if the meaning remains clear.","source":"https://www.unicode.org/reports/tr44/","alternatives":[{"value":"->","reason":"ASCII-only directional marker","tradeoff":"Two characters; not the same Unicode symbol."}],"evidenceTier":"standards-informed-editorial","evidence":{"behavior":"standards-informed","compatibility":"not-tested","repair":"editorial-guidance"}}]}],"comparison":null,"graphemes":{"status":"available","method":"runtime-intl-segmenter","unicodeDataVersion":"runtime-unknown","count":1,"segments":[{"text":"→","utf16Offset":0,"codepoints":["U+2192"]}]},"normalizationChanged":{"NFC":false,"NFD":false,"NFKC":false,"NFKD":false},"normalizationUnicodeDataVersion":"runtime-unknown","targetCompatibility":{"status":"unknown","evidenceTier":"not-tested","purpose":"terminal","explanation":"No OS, font, browser, application, field policy or rendering engine was tested. Unicode validity and segmentation do not establish actual display or acceptance."}}