Borked Unicode: Tips for journalists on Unicode and writing clean copy

I stood right next to this thing for half a minute and still couldn’t figure out what it was. Trust me, it’s a better photo flopped on its side and isn’t any more confusing that way.

Rotated photograph shows a long yellow block labeled U-MÄD behind the blue bed of a truck. In the background sits a rotated McDonald’s neon sign behind a window

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