# Displaying Non-Roman Characters

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/displaying-non-roman-characters/193102>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 5, 2003, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/displaying-non-roman-characters/193102 "2003-08-05T13:23:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![aka\_10003](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@aka\_10003](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aka_10003)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2003, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/displaying-non-roman-characters/193102/1 "2003-08-05T13:23:40Z")

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I have received mail into my Yahoo account written in Hebrew. The message is now un-readable : “äé ùåá àáðø” etc…

Yahoo states that they simply do not handle non-Roman cfharacters. My IE options are set to both Hebrew and English, Font and Language, and I do see Hebrew pages well.

Is there a way for me to force the fonts to display in Hebrew (maybe using copy / paste) or is this message lost?

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**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2003, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/displaying-non-roman-characters/193102/2 "2003-08-05T13:25:49Z")

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Try the “Encode” setting under the “Display” menu. It’s probably set to “automatic” now - try setting it to Hebrew manually.

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**Author:** ![aka\_10003](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@aka\_10003](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aka_10003)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2003, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/displaying-non-roman-characters/193102/3 "2003-08-05T13:29:15Z")

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Thanks – it worked.

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**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2003, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/displaying-non-roman-characters/193102/4 "2003-08-05T13:32:24Z")

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Just tell me one thing - are you Avner, or is it the guy who sent you the mail? Without punctuation it can go either way.

Anyway, I use My Yahoo as well, and I’ve never had any problem sending and recieving Hebrew messages. My version of Windows, however, is Hebrew-supporting, which may make a difference.