<![CDATA[Display asian characters (Japanese, Korean, Chinese,...) on Open file]]>Using the ANSI encoding; I can write Asian characters just fine and as long as I do not close the file I can close the program and next time at restart the characters will display correctly.

However if I close the file after saving, then try to open it again -either right after or after a software re/start- I will see “?” or square symbols instead.

How can I save the file so that after re-opening it the Asian characters will display correctly?

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/11631/display-asian-characters-japanese-korean-chinese-on-open-fileRSS for NodeFri, 17 Apr 2026 03:20:01 GMTFri, 15 Apr 2016 15:29:54 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Display asian characters (Japanese, Korean, Chinese,...) on Open file on Tue, 05 Dec 2017 05:48:36 GMT]]>I followed what Claudia suggested and Voila, all the CJK two bytes characters are now properly shown. Try for example “Arial Unicode MS”…

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/28460https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/28460Tue, 05 Dec 2017 05:48:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Display asian characters (Japanese, Korean, Chinese,...) on Open file on Sun, 05 Feb 2017 18:30:08 GMT]]>@hoihoi-san

If it works within MS Notepad than check which Font it is using.
Set the same font in npp (Settings->Style Configurator) and make
sure you set enable global font ( just to be sure ).

If it doesn’t work, can you provide that file,
in addition a screenshot of your Style Configuration together
with the problematic file.

Cheers
Claudia

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/21573https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/21573Sun, 05 Feb 2017 18:30:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Display asian characters (Japanese, Korean, Chinese,...) on Open file on Sat, 04 Feb 2017 07:25:08 GMT]]>As an addendum, unchecking/rechecking the autodetect encode doesn’t work, switching between encodes doesn’t work (ANSI turns boxes into random symbols), changing the display font in the style configurator doesn’t work. Japanese text displays properly in Windows Notepad, and I’m running Win10 Pro.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/21550https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/21550Sat, 04 Feb 2017 07:25:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Display asian characters (Japanese, Korean, Chinese,...) on Open file on Sat, 04 Feb 2017 06:56:00 GMT]]>I’m not really an expert on this stuff, but I was using Notepad++ to edit Japanese text until yesterday. However, following a Windows update, all Japanese next now displays in Notepad++ as boxes. I’ve tried unchecking autodetect, closing the program, reopening, etc., and nothing has changed. Can anyone help?

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/21549https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/21549Sat, 04 Feb 2017 06:56:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Display asian characters (Japanese, Korean, Chinese,...) on Open file on Sat, 16 Apr 2016 22:10:00 GMT]]>Hello @Zsombor-V

I assume that autodetect character encoding is enabled.
I would give it a try to check it with disabled auto-detection

Settings->Preferences->Misc
uncheck autodetect character encoding

Cheers
Claudia

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/15442https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/15442Sat, 16 Apr 2016 22:10:00 GMT