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Re: Evince and accented characters



On 2025-08-05 14:42:52 -0000, Greg wrote:
> On 2025-08-05, Greg <curtyshoo@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Can you share with us your fillable form ?
> >>
> > I'm glad you asked because I downloaded the form again and now the
> > accents are accepted as input.
> >
> > The only change was I added the French locale *entretemps*. Maybe I
> > should've logged out and then in again.

Adding a locale is not sufficient. You need to ensure that a UF-8
based locale is used (it does not need to be the French locale
specifically).

> > Thanks. Problem solved.
> 
> I'm afraid I spoke too soon and the accented characters are showing up
> as blank spaces. Doubt anyone will have a fix.

Couldn't this be a font issue? (You can check with a conversion to text
in order to see if the accented characters are present.)

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