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Encoding Question: ƒxƒbƒg’Ê‚è‚S”Ô = WTF? - kodorakun - 2011-01-02
Hi All,
Occasionally I come across text file or web pages that are supposedly Japanese content but the encoding is some format my browser or text application cannot parse and I get text that looks like gibberish. Is this a common and easy to resolve issue? I imagine there's a font or some setting I need to change, something simple, but I'm not sure. Below is an example. Thanks for any suggestions!
"ƒvƒŠƒxƒbƒg’Ê‚è‚S”Ô’n A’© H‚Ì È‚Å ¡’©‚à‚Ü‚½‚¢‚´‚±‚´‚ªŽn‚Ü‚Á‚½ Bƒo [ƒmƒ“
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Encoding Question: ƒxƒbƒg’Ê‚è‚S”Ô = WTF? - nest0r - 2011-01-02
It's Shift_JIS. Try manually changing it. In Firefox that's View-->Character Encoding.
Encoding Question: ƒxƒbƒg’Ê‚è‚S”Ô = WTF? - Amset - 2011-01-02
Yeah, it's an encoding problem. In Japanese this is called 文字化け in case you were curious.
Encoding Question: ƒxƒbƒg’Ê‚è‚S”Ô = WTF? - sikieiki - 2011-01-02
i swear to god no one on the internet knows how to properly declare a content type
Encoding Question: ƒxƒbƒg’Ê‚è‚S”Ô = WTF? - kodorakun - 2011-01-03
nest0r Wrote:It's Shift_JIS. Try manually changing it. In Firefox that's View-->Character Encoding.How do I change the encoding if it's a local text file? I guess I could open the text file in firefox and then change the encoding? Thanks for the suggestions.
EDIT: Nevermind. Opened file in firefox, set to Japanese auto-detect encoding and it set things up nicely. Then saved as a non-mumbo-jumbo format. Thanks everyone!
k
Encoding Question: ƒxƒbƒg’Ê‚è‚S”Ô = WTF? - Blahah - 2011-01-03
You should use a good text editor, one which allows you to switch encodings. On the Mac I use BBEdit. On Windows I think BabelPad is supposed to be good for switching between scripts.
Encoding Question: ƒxƒbƒg’Ê‚è‚S”Ô = WTF? - Blahah - 2011-01-03
Actually I just had to convert a bunch of files myself and I remember this great little program called Encoding Master. A free tool for Mac and PC which can convert files from any encoding to any other encoding, individually or bulk conversion of whole folders. Very useful for getting from Shift-JIS to UTF8!