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When it comes to sending text with UTF-8, mIRC is a bit ... odd. You need to consider if every channel you will be sending text to will have UTF-8 enabled clients. (''Note that most clients except mIRC have been UTF-8 enabled for years.'') | When it comes to sending text with UTF-8, mIRC is a bit ... odd. You need to consider if every channel you will be sending text to will have UTF-8 enabled clients. (''Note that most clients except mIRC have been UTF-8 enabled for years.'') | ||
* Go to the font window for any channel. | |||
*#Located either under View -> Fonts... | |||
*#or under System-menu -> Fonts... (Note: the system-menu is located in the button in the top left hand corner of a window, i.e. the button you usually double-click to close a window.) | |||
* In the UTF-8 list, you should select "'''Display and encode'''" in order to send text as UTF-8. {{eyecatch|IMPORTANT:|THIS IS NOT SET BY DEFAULT!<br>'''YOU NEED TO CHANGE THIS!'''<br><small>The reason is probably so it won't break compatibility with earlier versions of mIRC.</small>}} | |||
* If you want to send text as UTF-8 in every channel you should select the checkbox marked "Set as <u>d</u>efault channel font". | |||
* Then click the "OK" button. | |||
{{eyecatch|Note:|After you have done this for your channels, you should do the same thing for your Private Chats.}} | {{eyecatch|Note:|After you have done this for your channels, you should do the same thing for your Private Chats.}} | ||