character encoding reports

[Robert L Brush III]

I think that reports are displayed in webkit, a kind of embedded
browser, and if it can't display the character properly it uses a square
instead.  I'm not quite sure what os you are using, but you might be
able to install a different version of webkit, maybe you could install a
webkit browser like midori for testing, maybe save the report to a file,
open that with the browser, it might give some insight into how to fix
the problem.  I had never heard of this kind of thing till the other day
I booted up my laptop and discovered all fonts everywhere where squares,
it was like trying to navigate blindfolded.  I was lucky to find the
solution online, guess it happened to more people, but it really had me
in a bad spot.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallback_font

Thanks, Bob

On Mon, 2012-07-23 at 23:27 +0800, tereque wrote:

> hi all,
> 
> there are Chinese characters in my accounts. They display correctly in 
> the account itself but when I make any report they are not transcoded 
> correctly but displayed as squares.
> When I 'export' a report into an html file the characters in question 
> show up as they should again.
> 
> so .. how do I get correct of Chinese characters display in a report?
> 
> many thanks
> 
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