Whats the difference between a file encoding and a font?
A font determines what a character looks like on the screen. A file encoding determines what a character looks like in a file. The character “A” could appear as three straight lines in one font or as a combination of circles and wavy lines in another (cursive) font. Underneath these visual differences, the same encoding (number) for “A” is carried around by the system and written into a file according to the file encoding in use.
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