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Lolu chungechunge lwabekwa kunqolobane. Uyacelwa ubuze umbuzo omusha uma udinga usizo.

Hello, suddenly all the letters with accents are shown like this: �. What can I do?

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I know this has something to do with codification but I don't know how to fix it. Thanks.

I know this has something to do with codification but I don't know how to fix it. Thanks.

Isisombululo esikhethiwe

Sounds that the server is configured to send all page as Unicode (utf-8), but the document was saved with a Western code. In such case you will have to set the correct Western/Windows encoding manually or use an extension that can override the encoding.

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Type about:preferences#content<enter> in the address bar. Across from fonts and colors, press the Advanced button. On the bottom, turn on Allow Web Sites To Choose Their Own.

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Hi Fred, thanks a lot. Now everything seems alright, although there's one website still showing those "�". But I can live with that. Best regards

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Did you check the Text Encoding?

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This can happen if you use Unicode instead of a Western or Windows encoding.

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@Fred, as soon as I can I'll try to do what you suggest. Meanwhile, thanks.

@cor-el hello and thanks to you too. Yes, I tried to set "Western" or "Windows" but, as soon as I refresh the home page (where the strange behaviour occurs) the �'s come back again; text encoding switches back to Unicode like there's no possibility to change this setting.

The website I am talking about is this: http://abc-net.it/ but it is very strange that only the homepage seems to be affected by the �'s. The single pages show è, ì, ò, à, ù regularly.

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Isisombululo Esikhethiwe

Sounds that the server is configured to send all page as Unicode (utf-8), but the document was saved with a Western code. In such case you will have to set the correct Western/Windows encoding manually or use an extension that can override the encoding.

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@cor-el EXCELLENT! Charset Switcher solved my problem! Thanks a lot for your precious help!