Why does google add space after my character

Question

On my page i have set meta tag for description, which then use google. It's all normal. But from some reason google add space after one character. Here is my meta description:

 Igraj brezplačne online igre! Izbiraj med več kot 6.000 igrami! Vsak dan dodajamo nove igre! Igraj zdaj!

Yes it's not in english, but that's normal :D And her is how google shows it:

 Igraj brezplač ne online igre! Izbiraj med več kot 6.000 igrami! Vsak dan dodajamo nove igre! Igraj zdaj!

The problem is first 'č' character google ads space after it. Check google description of it: https://www.google.si/search?q=bringler&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

I have no idea why does it do it. And the funny part is that after second one all is ok, so no space added.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

Your content (the actual one in the meta-description, not the one in your question) contains a hidden control character: U+008D REVERSE LINE FEED

You can see it if you analyze the characters in the string, e.g. with Rishida’s String analyser: analyze "brezplačne"

If you copy the string directly from your meta-description and search for it in Google, it converts it to brezplaÄ Â ne.

So, replace the string "brezplačne" (note that Stack Overflow removes this hidden character, so these strings are actually the same here) in your content with "brezplačne" and you should be fine (when Google visits your page again, in some time).