Ted.

What is the best way to prevent Zalgo Text strings from being used as they break the formatting of the board? Ẕ̷̧̨̡̢̡̡̢̧̨̣̼̬͚̩͓̖̱͇̺͙̥̰̹̗͍̜͎̫̭͚̻͕͖̲͓͉̱̳̫͕̞͓͇̩̬͇̤̜͚͔̣̯͎̟̖̮̗͖̫̟̗̘͎̤͖͙͇̝̻̘̝̱͍̼̝̱͖̻̣͕̩̹͙͓̘̤̰̰͖͙̘̲̗͎̿͌̄̀͗͌̇͗͗̍͛̀̍̌̎̾̽̃͛̈̑̽͘̕͜͜͜͜͜ͅͅͅͅà̷̡̧̨̧̡̧̨̢̨̡̢̧̨̢̨̛̛̛̛̛̭̰̳̜͙̖̳̪̦̟̠͎̳͕̫̫͓̜̙͓̬̹̙̗͙̯̮͖̫̰̙̱̻͕̗̭̗̰̺̺̣̪̹̙̥̥͕̲͎͉͇͚̬͖͓̪̙͕̗̬̞̗̹̞̥̩̝̬̙͇̦͎͇̼̪̱͇̠̳̙̘̖̲̰͙͚̬͈̻͈͖͇̝͙͚̭̿̌̈́̿͗̓̿̅̋̎̒̒̉̾̌̈́̅̐́̈̎̈́͋̅͆̋̆͌̈́̈́̓̆̇̊͛̐͑̀̋̿̂͊͑͐̓͗̑̔͋͗̈̃̈́̂͒̇͌̓̔͌́̒̈́̐̃̓̎̄͋̽̇̈̿̋̒͊̾̑̂̾̀͆̌̃̉̂̍̅̉͑̈́̈͗̈́̓̈́̇̀͂́͆̀̑̅̾̓̈́͌͗̋̄̔̂͛̉̅̐͋̓̉́͗̅̀́́̉͆̇̂̔͆̈́̍̇́̑̆̄͑̑̔̑͑̈͐̓̉̾̈́̎̿̍̐͐̽̔̽͒̂̈̀͒̄̀̔̈̅̽͑̂͂̽͋̈́̇̊̾̏̆̉̇̓͋͛͛̇͊͌̓͂̑͛̄̆̕͘̚̕͘̕͘̚͘̕͘̕̚͘͘̕̚̕͘͘̕̚͜͜͜͜͜͝͝͝͝͝͝͝͝͝͝͝͝͝͝͝͝͝͝͝ͅͅͅͅͅͅl̸̢̧̢̨̨̡̢̨̢̧̡̡̡̢̢̨̧̡̢̧̧̢̡̢̛̛̛͉̻͓̮̜̦̮̼̯̻͉̰̘̪͉̭̠͇͖̫͖̗̱̜̬̖͍̣̹̜͇͎̹̗͇͎̲̼̜̖͈̠̞̭̗̪̯̱̝̗̪͔̪͚̙̥͚̞͉̖̞̩̦̺̱̲̩͎̝̼̥̫̗̭͉̘̱͉̳̜͍̗͉̳̦̯̘͉̫̟̣̥̗̼̱̩̳̜̭̤̰̝̪̦̖̠̦̻̯͉̤͓͇̤͔̝͉̜̱͚̞̗̩̱͖͉̯̝̬͉̺̼͈͕͔͙̥̘̺̮̘̦̱͉̼̠͈̺̣͙̪̥͚̦̯͙̦͍̻̩̠̩͎̝̝̥͇̱͉̞̠̤͓͈̭̥͍̥̭̰̤̦̦̫̳̟͚̬̭̭̞̪̟̱̞̫͒̄̀͆̊̄̄́̎͒̃͆̾̑̀́̽͒͛̏̀̆̊̑͐̏̔̒̀̔̇͋̑̀̀̈́͛͑̇̈́͆͐͆͆́͌̐͑̃̃̈́̏͜͜͜͝͝͝͠ͅͅͅͅͅģ̵̢̨̨̡̧̧̢̨̡̢̡̢̡̨̡̛̛̛̛̭̜̜̙̙̞̰̗͍̱̬̦̘͖̥̳̭̯̦̼͕̳̤͚̦̪̗͇̝̱͚̱͈̹͇̻̯̦̫̻̪̼̭̥̣̭̲̹̖̝͙̥̫͔̦̦̫͖̼̤̺̩͓̤͙͙͔̟̺̰̺̩̦̦͔̲̦͙͇̘̲̘̪̭̺̣̜͈̺͈̘͙̹̗̝̳̖͈̗͖͓̜̘̹͓̱̠͈̣̠̠̙͙͙̖͔̫̭̲̖̜̯̬̥̣͇̭͓̳̙̦͚̺͙̱̗͚͈̤̤̹͈͎̭̰͙̗̟͓̹̟͇̘̠̳̝̦̘̺͆̄̊̀̿̓̇̽̆̋̓̇̈̄͆̾̀͐̏͒͑̓̆̆́̏̋́̿̄́̂͌͂̅̉̒̓͊̍͊̋͆͒̈́͗̊̀͛͌̀͊̏̈̅̂̒͐̐́̓͑̂̇̔̃̿̓̉̆́̓͑̃́̇̈̈̄̓̀̾̍̒̔̀̊͂̀͐̐͛̀̑̅͋̓͋̽̕̚̚̚͘̚̕͘͜͜͜͜͝͝͠͝͝͝ͅͅͅͅͅơ̸̡̨̢̢̢̧̧̢̡̨̨̨̡̧̧̡̢̢̧̨̨̢̡̛̛̗̟̩̟͖̼̝͇͕̣͕̹͚̝͔͉̘̟̮̖͖̼͚̹͖̠͉͉̥̖̩̫̥̫̜̺̠͚̝̪͎̪̪͖̼̱̲̜̟̯͎̮͕̞̭̤̦͓̩͖͕̰̬̻̲̦̥̥̖͔̤͓̱͇̞̻̙̙̣̳͇̙̣̤͎͇̠̜̖͇̠̳̘̰͔̮͕̘͈̗̬̘̫̼̫̦̰͙̣̼̭̲̝̜̻͎̭͈̹̻̙̻͕̞̥̠̹͖̟͈̹̤̭̰̤̟̦͚͕͉̣̭̭͉̤̪͈̭͙͍̯͔͈͉̣͓̜̫̝͙͎͕͓̫̠̮̳̗̩̖̗̞̘̳͚͉͉̣̫̩̫̪̙͖̬̪̰̘̞̬̳͇͍̮̫̮̲̠̭̫̭̜̹͇̪̝͖̙̰̝̙̫̟̥͇͇͎̌̏͒̂̂̒͒͐͒̒̍͆̔̓̐͒̊̑̉̅̄̆̃̃̐̏̉̋̅̐̊́͋͐͂̄͛̀̇̀͆́̌͋̋̿̌͒̾̋̎͌͂͐̓̌̽̎̀͊̅̏̈́̀̓̇̒͂̄̎̏͒̆̓͌̊̍͐͊̀͊̈́̿̈̄̈̃̌̑̈́̅̿̽̆͛͋̀̽̒̃̋͗̀̌̈́̈́͒̉͛̏̽̽̏͗̑̒̔̄̈́͋̐̍̆̀̎͂͋̔̔͌̂̆̔͆̏̀̊̈́͌͊͂̾̊͗́͋̇̇̀͊͗̋̀̔̌̔̑̽̈̾͆͌͂̈̔͌̆̾̏̏̉̈́̌͑̕͘͘̕̕̚̚͘̚̚̕̚͘͜͜͜͜͜͜͜͝͠͠͠͝͝͝͝͝͝͝͝͠͝͠ͅͅͅ ̷̢̡̢̡̨̧̡̨̨̢̢̧̧̨̨̢̧̢̱̙̝͙̲͖̠̣͕͕͎̦̝̻̖̭̠̻̣̰̺̺̯͓͍̳̱̟͙͖̼͍͓̹͈̣̖̲̪̦͚̟̘̤̪͔̜͓̼͎͇̘̱̠̻̲̻͚̤̟͙̣͎̘̘̫̣̙̯̦̥̙̼̜̳̜̜͖̣̦̺̳͈̩̩̪̖̲͍̲̪̼̣͖̦͙͖̹̰̣͚̞͎̤̫̞̤̦̣̺̜͖͇̳̝̺̹̯̺̹͙̠̠͓̥̥̥̻̦̫̞̭͍͎̥̭͎̰̻̣̦̼̲̖̪̗̱̮͕̹̩̻̻̙̤͇̻̯̲̗̥̮͚̗͇̼̯̞̉̿͊͑̉̔͛̍͑̇͛̾̏̈́͌̂͂͐̀̈́̏͊̔͐̀͌̎̔͐̾̊̾̉̐̄̉́͋̉̈̌̌̓͊͑̾͜͜͜͜͜͜͜͜͝͝͝͝͝ͅT̶̨̢̨̨̡̧̨̡̢̡̧̨̨̛̛̛̛̛͉͈̪̹̩̙͓͇̺̙̗̰̳̬̱̟̯͔̱͍̺̯͔͕͎̪̟̣̮͍͉̳̰̮̤͉̞̩̬̯̻̝̟̻͉͙̤͙̦̤͉͙̤̣͈̜͉̮̟̠̬̫͙͉̫̱̲̻̟̠̗̻͙̭͇̭̪̠͖͉̳̰͍͉̝͇̻̭̤̳̫̮̙͍̖͕͔̹̗̼̦̥̫̺̰̣̮͓̥̩͓̝̘̟̥̥͓̘̮͔̥̰̟̗̗̪̤̩̩̲̟̗̪̙̠̖̼̯̺͖͚͔̗̦̮͑̒̐̉̏̌̓̎̀̄͑͒͌͆͂̊̈́̉̂̈͛̔̓̊͌͛̀̋̓̆͐̍͌́̾̍́͑̈́̊̔̐͊̿̀́̎̎́̂̀͊̊͑̏̐̇̋̂̃͋̿͑̈̃͆̌͒̿̏̽̓̀͒̒̒̓̈͂̎͌̋̓̅̄͂͒͗͌͛͂́̽̋̀̈́̄̿̔̿̅͌̅͌̎̓̓̏̄̑̌͐͂̽̈́͒͋͗͋̊͋̈́̈́̽̌̽͗̓͐̈̒͒̏̓̓́̄̋̅̾͂̀̿̽̓̒̂̿̅͆̓̃͊́̀̓̍͌̈́̅̔̔͛̌̍̒̑̈́̌̽͛̀̃̕̕̕̕̕̕͘͘̚͘̚̚͘͜͜͜͜͠͝͝͝͝͝͝͠ͅͅë̷̛̝̰̻̞̼̞̫̲̭̼̯̖͉̩́̆̎̎̅̎̈̐̈͆͊́̈́̎̀͆́̀̀́̒͌̈͗̍͛̏̈́̃̓̅̽̇͛̏̃́̉̊̈̚̕͠ͅx̴̡̨̢̧̢̧̨̨̡̡̡̢̛̠̗̺̦͕̝̘͈͔̖̟͇̳̖̜͍̭͓͍͖͔̪͇̥̪͈̙͖̝̦͎͍̘͙͈̭̘̞̩̦̤̳̪̭̬̼̼̩̼͓͇͎̦̞͙͉͚͔͕̝̳͍̣̜̫͙͕͎͉̪̞̰͇̖̓̾̀̈́̉̅̀̈́͂̓̿͗̈́͗̑͂͛̋͗̓̄̓̎̊̽̈́̈́̀͐̌͑̌̈̌͆̓̄̏͐̊̀͒̂̀̊̐́̐̓̂̄̿͒̾͐͒͒̾͐̆̒̊́̈͊̇̓̈̿̆̈́̍͘̚͘̕̚͘͘̕̕̕̚͝͠͠͠͝͠ͅͅt̵̡̨̡̡̧̨̧̨̧̨̨̨̨̢̢̨̡̹̲̝͙̣̘̜̫͙͈̻̹͔̭̯͙̙̘͚̜̪̭͚̟̼̳̞̣̦̤̭̻̯̫̹̹̫̩̰̰̲̟͉͚͙͎̭͇̫͈͍̟̗̯̭̤̼̰̮̯͙̠̥̼͍͈̪̦̲̣̲̼̻̦̠͚̻̘̝̞͍͍̺͕̯̳͉̱̹͎͉̳̫͇̥͍̠͉͙͓͉̼̮̬̹̥͔̠͓̤̻͖̩̹̯̦̬͕͚̜̦̟̘̯̙͇̫̗͎̹̤͈͓̲̑̀̇́͜͜͜͜͜ͅͅͅ

Ted.

Edited January 23, 20223 yr by Teddy Rogers

It’s regular text characters, so you can’t easily prevent it. Disallow it in your rules and apply sanctions if users use it anyway. 

You can use that mod:

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2.1.0 
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NEW! Zalgo text eliminator!

 

There is no effective way.

 

As these are actually valid characters, there is no way in which to prevent this in the software itself, at present. There are modifications people have created for this, as mentioned above.

15 hours ago, Marc Stridgen said:

at present

Does this suggest a future option to prevent Zalgo Text directly in the software is being considered?

Ted.

20 minutes ago, Teddy Rogers said:

Does this suggest a future option to prevent Zalgo Text directly in the software is being considered?

Ted.

It simply means it's not there now.  Who knows what tomorrow might bring, haha!  🙂  

If you would like for it to be considered in a future release, you can make a suggestion in the Feature Suggestions forum below:

https://invisioncommunity.com/forums/forum/499-feature-suggestions/

It is possible to reduce the "impact" of Zalgo text via CSS. Ehren helped us on our custom theme and it does work quite good:

.ipsType_pageTitle,
.ipsDataItem_lastPoster__title,
.ipsDataItem_title,
.cPost [data-role="commentContent"]{
	overflow: hidden;
}

Please keep in mind this snippet is for our custom theme; feel free to experiment...

 

Edited January 25, 20223 yr by Thomas P