PASTELINT · HIDDEN CHARACTER CLEANUP

Remove hidden characters from text

Remove invisible characters, strange spaces, copy paste artifacts, and hidden formatting before reusing text.

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Invisible formatting cleanup

Hidden-character repair checks

Text can look normal while hidden characters break spacing, search, prompts, or publishing.

Zero-width characters Removes invisible characters that can break search, prompts, formatting, or pasted text.

Nonbreaking spaces Converts hard spaces into normal spaces so text wraps and edits cleanly.

Copy/paste artifacts Cleans invisible formatting left behind by PDFs, web pages, documents, or email.

Weird spacing Normalizes spacing that may look fine visually but behave badly when edited.

AI prompt cleanup Removes hidden noise before pasted text is sent into an AI tool.

Publishing prep Prepares copied text before it goes into a CMS, support email, script, or document.

Examples of cleanup issues caused by invisible formatting.

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Text with strange spacing

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Text with normal spacing

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Copied text contains invisible formatting artifacts

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Copied text becomes easier to reuse

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PDF copy paste introduces odd spacing

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Spacing becomes normalized

Copy the cleaned text, or use SecondDraft if the wording still needs refinement.