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The source code of each page contains a metadata that defines the character set

When your app displays a page of your book, some weird characters may appear.

Objectives

  • Allow correct text display in pages

Implementation

  • Integrate a metadata tag specifying the character set in each page header.

Control

  • Check the HTML page source code of epub : The meta tag with the charset attribute must be defined and located in the head tag of the HTML page

Validation

  • Reported by epubcheck.

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