# Encoding settings

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/encoding-settings/48004>\
**Category:** Elements\
**Created:** [June 10, 2025, 3:49pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/encoding-settings/48004 "2025-06-10T15:49:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/57b2e6/32.png) [@Lion](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Lion)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2025, 3:49pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/encoding-settings/48004/1 "2025-06-10T15:49:49Z")

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Hi there all,

A quick question on encoding settings in the page settings tab:  
In RWC the Encoding default is set to Unicode (UTF-8) and in Elements the Encoding is set to Western (ISO Latin 1).

Which is best to use in Elements (and what is the difference between the 2)?

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**Author:** ![differentdan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/differentdan/32/33530_2.png) [@differentdan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/differentdan)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2025, 4:11pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/encoding-settings/48004/2 "2025-06-10T16:11:45Z")

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Hi @Lion,

If your website content only uses the Latin alphabet you can go with Western (ISO Latin 1).

If you were using any alphabet/writing system that doesn’t use Latin characters, like Japanese, Korean, Thai, etc., go with Unicode (UTF-8).