Line separators
PARAGRAPH SEPARATOR (U+2029)
Unicode's paragraph break: the counterpart of U+2028, one level up.
- Codepoint
U+2029- Also written as
u2029\u2029
- Category
- Line separators
- Removed by default
- No
- Governing option
- Line endings
-n - Can be load-bearing
- No
Copy and paste U+2029
To copy and paste PARAGRAPH SEPARATOR (U+2029), press the button: the character itself goes to your clipboard, and Ctrl+V (Cmd+V on a Mac) pastes it anywhere you can type.
Where it comes from
Word processors and layout tools when a real paragraph ends, and from PDF and RTF extraction.
Why it matters
Like U+2028 it is a break that most line-oriented tools ignore, so a document can appear to be one enormous line. It shares the same JavaScript string-literal history.
Before and after
Two paragraphs that most tools will read as one line.
The character is shown as a labelled chip so you can see where it sits. In your text it draws nothing at all.
When it is legitimate
Between paragraphs, in software that understands it. Plain text conventionally uses a blank line instead.
How to remove it
Turn on Line endings (`-n`); it is folded to a plain LF.
Working in a file rather than a paste? The document report for .docx, .odt and .html finds it inside the file, together with hidden runs and tracked changes, without you having to open it. If the question is what the rest of the writing does rather than what this one character does, count the dashes and stock transitions and see where each habit sits, with no score and no claim about who wrote the text.
Is it an AI watermark?
Not a watermark
No. A structural character from document software. It says nothing about who wrote the paragraphs.
No connection to machine-generated text. It comes from software, from a keyboard, or from a person.
Questions
What is the difference from U+2028?
U+2028 ends a line within a paragraph; U+2029 ends the paragraph. Ghostchars folds both to a line feed under `-n`.
Should plain text use it?
No. The convention in plain text is a blank line, which every tool understands.
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