Re: Embedded Content

On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 10:37 AM, Nick Stenning <nick@whiteink.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 14, 2014, at 18:58, Doug Schepers wrote:
> > Hi, Rob–
> >
> > Small comment...
> >
> > On 10/14/14 12:08 PM, Robert Sanderson wrote:
> > >
> > > And my concerns with characterEncoding:
> > >
> > > 4.  The encoding should be UTF-8 regardless.
> >
> > UTF-8 is not always sufficient. For some Asian scripts, you sometimes
> > need UTF-16.
>
> UTF-8 can encode any unicode code point. UTF-16 may be more space
> efficient for Japanese, Chinese, Thai, characters, but you don't "need"
> UTF-8 in order to encode those scripts.
>
> But Doug probably knows things I don't. Do some user agents not support
> asian script codepoint entry in UTF-8?
>
>
In case anyone loves reading about these things:
https://mathiasbynens.be/notes/javascript-encoding