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character set

American  

noun

Computers.
  1. the numbers, letters, punctuation marks, and special symbols that can be used by a particular device, as a printer, or in a coding method, as ASCII.


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Each feature is, in effect, a double portrait: of the writer at work on the story and of a charismatic, elusive central character, set against a busy backdrop of mayhem and intrigue.

From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2021

We can surmise that this is likely to be a pop-culture-literate take on Dungeons & Dragons, that feeds into the game’s retro roots and perhaps even features players among its character set.

From The Guardian • Aug. 1, 2019

Lee, who helped shepherd this proposal, runs the emoji advocacy group Emojination and has now helped to realize more than 100 new emoji, focusing on emoji that make the character set more inclusive.

From Slate • May 2, 2019

"I was keen to fill out the cast with relative unknowns," says Roberts, of the Transformers character set.

From BBC • Nov. 10, 2018

But he never tried to live up to the high standard of character set by these heroes of the older days.

From The Story of Mankind by Van Loon, Hendrik Willem

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