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arakish · 07-13-2021, 01:33 PM

What I know how to do is write the Unicode characters in this format:

⅜ is the Fractional Three-Eighths character, but Sigil will only show them if I use UTF-16 or UTF-32 in the XML tag.

I do it using the &#0[number]; format for HTML web documents. Tried it in Sigil. Worked until saving the file with UTF-16.

Using the UTF-8, and Sigil will not even show the characters.

Thus, next question: Is there software that would convert a Unicode number such as "�" (Waning Gibbous Moon) into the UTF-8 equivalent?

Additionally, with only the UTF-8 attribute, Sigil will only show its own Special Characters. None others...

I'm lost as for what to do. Been a Geologist/Volcanologist my whole life and now started writing books using Sigil (great software by the way...).

adeg

07-13-2021, 01:33 PM	#7
arakish Member Posts: 14 Karma: 1064 Join Date: Jul 2018 Device: PC	What I know how to do is write the Unicode characters in this format: ⅜ is the Fractional Three-Eighths character, but Sigil will only show them if I use UTF-16 or UTF-32 in the XML tag. I do it using the &#0[number]; format for HTML web documents. Tried it in Sigil. Worked until saving the file with UTF-16. Using the UTF-8, and Sigil will not even show the characters. Thus, next question: Is there software that would convert a Unicode number such as "�" (Waning Gibbous Moon) into the UTF-8 equivalent? Additionally, with only the UTF-8 attribute, Sigil will only show its own Special Characters. None others... I'm lost as for what to do. Been a Geologist/Volcanologist my whole life and now started writing books using Sigil (great software by the way...). adeg