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 ### Character Set
 
-The full ASCII tier system (never legitimate, legitimate next to a number, always legitimate, a fixed set of emoji callout markers, developer-typed Unicode), the letters of a recorded name keeping their actual spelling, and the semicolon and spaced-hyphen rules are in the `comment-and-doc-style` Skill referenced above.
+The full character-set tier system (never legitimate, legitimate next to a number, always legitimate, a fixed set of emoji callout markers, developer-typed Unicode), the letters of a recorded name keeping their actual spelling, and the semicolon and spaced-hyphen rules are in the `comment-and-doc-style` Skill referenced above.
 
 ### Line Endings