A very good fundamental article about encodings
Have found a very good article, which takes back to fundamental - why there are such things as encodings and what is a difference among them.
What every programmer absolutely, positively needs to know about encodings and character sets to work with text
If you are dealing with text in a computer, you need to know about encodings. Period. Yes, even if you are just sending emails. Even if you are just receiving emails. You don't need to understand every last detail, but you must at least know what this whole "encoding" thing is about. And the good news first: while the topic can get messy and confusing, the basic idea is really, really #simple.Link to original article here.