From 3665d8823dd13a86d626553f7c1da27b8ec10982 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zezombye <Zezombye@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2025 06:56:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Improve windows lookalike characters

---
 yt_dlp/utils/_utils.py | 14 ++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/yt_dlp/utils/_utils.py b/yt_dlp/utils/_utils.py
index a5471da4df..bce7af3b9a 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/utils/_utils.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/utils/_utils.py
@@ -639,8 +639,18 @@ def replace_insane(char):
         elif not restricted and char == '\n':
             return '\0 '
         elif is_id is NO_DEFAULT and not restricted and char in '"*:<>?|/\\':
-            # Replace with their full-width unicode counterparts
-            return {'/': '\u29F8', '\\': '\u29f9'}.get(char, chr(ord(char) + 0xfee0))
+            # Replace with lookalike characters
+            return {
+                '"': '\u2033',
+                '*': '\uA60E',
+                ':': '\u0589',
+                '<': '\u227A',
+                '>': '\u227B',
+                '?': '\uFF1F',
+                '|': '\u01C0',
+                '/': '\u29F8',
+                '\\': '\u29f9',
+            }[char]
         elif char == '?' or ord(char) < 32 or ord(char) == 127:
             return ''
         elif char == '"':