Calibre doesn't display UTF8 characters

jerrry94087 · 01-01-2010, 09:40 PM

I have a recipe that brings pages with UTF8 characters.
Calibre viewer shows them like this: Ð»ÐµÑ‚
Each UTF8 in this case is 2-byte and bytes are shown one by one.

How to enable correct display of UTF8 characters?

user_none · 01-02-2010, 07:46 AM

utf-8 should be the default. My guess is the recipe is specifying a different encoding. Try adding an encoding meta tag:

Code:

<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
...
</head>

Also, check that there isn't one already being set in the output.

01-01-2010, 09:40 PM	#1
jerrry94087 Enthusiast Posts: 34 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: Nook Touch	Calibre doesn't display UTF8 characters I have a recipe that brings pages with UTF8 characters. Calibre viewer shows them like this: Ð»ÐµÑ‚ Each UTF8 in this case is 2-byte and bytes are shown one by one. How to enable correct display of UTF8 characters?

01-02-2010, 07:46 AM	#2
user_none Sigil & calibre developer Posts: 2,488 Karma: 1063785 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Florida, USA Device: Nook STR	utf-8 should be the default. My guess is the recipe is specifying a different encoding. Try adding an encoding meta tag: Code: <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> ... </head> Also, check that there isn't one already being set in the output.

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