Nerd font icon is pulled right, and gedit cursor changes to reflect some difference with the icon?

I am using a patched nerd font, [SauceCodePro](https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/tree/master/patched-fonts/SourceCodePro) . I have used the [cheat sheet](https://www.nerdfonts.com/cheat-sheet) to copy some icons and paste them into an editor. For example, I copied the icon for nf-mdi-yelp, and when pasted into gedit, it appears as a single character in the first column (as expected). However, when doing the same for nf-mdi-yin_yang, when I paste it it appears in the last column (ie: as if the text is written right-to-left) Notice in the statusbar it says my cursor position is line 2, column 1, but column 1 is all the way to the right. Interestingly, if I add the yin-yang icon on the same line as the yelp icon, it is "pulled" left. Also interestingly, if I move my cursor to before the yin-yang icon, the gedit cursor changes, displaying a double line, one on either side of the icon, with arrows pointing inward. My google-fu is too poor to find anything online to tell me what this cursor in gedit is about. **Questions:** - Why is the yin-yang pulled to the right? - Is it possible to force it left? - What is the weird double cursor which gedit displays in this case?