Would it be possible to allow players to pick only a few of their character's features to display when they're unnamed instead of all of them? There are seven presently: height, build, hair, age, gender, skin, and eyes. So an unnamed person might appear as thus:
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a short average-built dark-brown-haired mature woman with dark olive skin and golden eyes
That's a mouthful. What if you were to pick, say, your three most prominent features? If this woman were to pick her skin, hair, and eyes we might see:
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A dark olive skinned woman with dark-brown hair and golden eyes.
In my opinion, this is much more readable and pleasing to the eye. You could still look at the person to see their full list of attributes. Perhaps there's even an option to always see the long "name" of all attributes if you haven't named someone. This way people can opt into the shorter descriptions.
In a similar vein, would you consider allowing a character's sex to appear as androgynous or indeterminate? Since not everyone can be easily sorted with a cursory glance. Personally, I'd like a non-binary/other option at character creation, but I realize that might be a little too "out there."