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You can also use user defined template functions to do one of two things:

1. Remove non unicode characters as you requested:
   

   def evaluate(self, formatter, kwargs, mi, locals, val):
   	string_encode = val.encode("ascii", "ignore")
   	string_decode = string_encode.decode()
   	return string_decode

   you can use the new function like this:
   
   

   program:
   	s = 'ᕼ ᗩ ᒪ ᖴ - ᒪ I ᖴ ᗴ';
   	remove_unicode_characters(s)

2. Make lookup replacement for unicode characters:
   

   def evaluate(self, formatter, kwargs, mi, locals, val):
   	lookup = {
   	    'ᕼ': 'H',
   	    'ᗩ': 'A',
   	    'ᒪ': 'L',
   	    'ᖴ': 'F',
   	    'ᗴ': 'E'
   	}
   	new_string = ''
   	for ch in val:
   	    new_string += lookup.get(ch, ch)
   	return new_string

   You need to expand the lookup dictionary (highlighted in blue) to include any additional unicode characters you want.
   
   You can use this new function as follows
   
   

   program:
   	s = 'ᕼ ᗩ ᒪ ᖴ - ᒪ I ᖴ ᗴ';
   	unicode_lookup(s)

Notes

• To add the new functions described above: preferences > template functions > template functions tab > copy-paste in the program code box and enter the name of the function (highlighted above in green) in the function box.
• For both functions the argument count should be set to 1.