KeePassXC password recommendations

Beside length, what other options would you consider? I mean when you generate a password they give you the following defaults:

-Upper case

-Lower case

-Numbers

-Logograms

Should you enable other extra type of characters? And what to consider in terms of being problematic in some instances? Perhaps some characters not being compatible when you paste the password and you get locked out and cannot access or something. Some of the crazy weird characters look good for entropy but I want to be sure it’s all globally compatible. So which green boxes you use on KeepassXC?

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Years back I changed a pile of passwords to make them stronger. There is no global compatibility beyond alpha and numeric characters.

Generally, use what you can on each site. Some of the characters might trip up CSV exports should their system ever be breached. During my cleanup, some sites Change Password functionality wasn’t compatible with their Login functionality - I could set a legal password that wouldn’t let me log in.

If a password is going to be one you type in occasionally, you may find it easier to type in a passphrase instead of doing finger gymnastics.

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I encountered issues with several systems when using double quotation (") or single quotation mark (') in password. Brackets ( ) [ ] { } < > can also cause problems.

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What you guys suggest for strong encryption when encrypting volume such as VeraCrypt and so on? I mean, I think those should support pretty much anything.