# I can't write in French

**URL:** <https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/i-cant-write-in-french/1929>\
**Category:** ChoiceScript Help\
**Created:** [December 2, 2013, 1:54pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/i-cant-write-in-french/1929 "2013-12-02T13:54:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![CJW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/cjw/32/111787_2.png) [@CJW](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/CJW)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2013, 2:03pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/i-cant-write-in-french/1929/2 "2013-12-02T14:03:51Z")

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Check out these two threads, they might help:

> **[About Accents in Choicescript](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/913)**
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> Hello! I was wondering if it was possible to put accents (like é, ç, à, etc) in choice script without getting the ? mark. In the game I’m making a lot of the names of places and people are French in origin, so they’re spelt with accents aigu and...

  

> **[Using Non-Standard Characters](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/-/1294/5)**
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> Oh, found an older topic regarding it. The characters have to be saved using UTF-8 encoding, whatever that really means. To do that: Toolbar - Encoding - Click UTF-8 - Save.

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