Japanese Characters not displaying properly

I am currently working on a website that displays text in Japanese. However, all the text looks strange when viewed in different browsers. The website is set to use the "Shift_JIS" charset. I have recently updated the code for the site, as it was originally coded with a table layout similar to an email template.

Here is the header of the site:

<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=Shift_JIS">
<title>Learning English Through Comics: ESL, EFL, TOEFL, FCE, TOIEC, IELTS</title>

All the text appears like this. Below is all the code used on the page:

<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=Shift_JIS">
<title>Learning English Through Comics: ESL, EFL, TOEFL, FCE, TOIEC, IELTS</title>

<!-- JavaScript and CSS Code -->
... (Code continues) ...
<!-- End of JavaScript and CSS Code -->

I need help fixing this issue. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

htmlcssencoding

Answer №1

It seems that there is a discrepancy between the declared encoding (Shift_JIS) and the actual encoding used (likely UTF-8), causing the browser to display garbage characters. It's also possible that your browser is unable to recognize the Shift_JIS encoding.

When you edited the source, your text editor may have automatically converted it to its default encoding, which does not match Shift_JIS. Without access to the raw file, it's hard to determine the current encoding.

Another scenario could be that the source is correctly encoded in Shift_JIS, but the server is sending a Content-Type header that conflicts with the meta tag specifying the encoding.

In any case, I suggest transitioning to UTF-8 for consistency. Update your page's charset declaration to UTF-8 by adding the <meta charset="utf-8"> tag. If that doesn't resolve the issue, follow these steps:

  • Convert the original source to UTF-8
    • Open the source in an editor
    • Verify that the content displays correctly in the editor (indicating proper encoding recognition)
    • Save the file as UTF-8 using the editor's settings
  • Update the declared encoding to UTF-8
  • Implement the changes

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