Hi Andy. I'm OP. As you spotted, I registered v i i i. fi with Gandi. When your browser see the Ⅷ character, it performs the IDNA2008 process listed in RFC5895

Hi Andy. I'm OP. As you spotted, I registered v i i i. fi with Gandi. When your browser see the Ⅷ character, it performs the IDNA2008 process listed in RFC5895 to normalise it. The same thing happens in OS tools like dig and ping. Hope that makes a bit more sense.