# Mp3tag shows Korean, Japan etc language texts as squares

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-shows-korean-japan-etc-language-texts-as-squares/14770>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [May 30, 2013, 11:57am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-shows-korean-japan-etc-language-texts-as-squares/14770 "2013-05-30T11:57:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![seamoon](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/db5fbb/32.png) [@seamoon](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/seamoon)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 11:57am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-shows-korean-japan-etc-language-texts-as-squares/14770/1 "2013-05-30T11:57:41Z")

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Mp3tag shows Korean, Japan etc language texts as squares while I can see these tags with Jaikoz or Picard correctly. I tried utf-16 and utf-8 settings but no help.

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**Author:** ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 3:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-shows-korean-japan-etc-language-texts-as-squares/14770/2 "2013-05-30T15:36:20Z")

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If you use MP3tag under Win XP then this is a system deficiency as XP does not have the right font.  
All later OS should show the characters correctly.

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**Author:** ![seamoon](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/db5fbb/32.png) [@seamoon](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/seamoon)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 4:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-shows-korean-japan-etc-language-texts-as-squares/14770/3 "2013-05-30T16:41:59Z")

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But then how Jaikoz and Picard shows such langs?

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**Author:** ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 5:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-shows-korean-japan-etc-language-texts-as-squares/14770/4 "2013-05-30T17:32:56Z")

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You asked about MP3tag - this is the explanation. (BTW: ICQ does not show these characters either ... )  
Switch to an OS that does reach its end of life in early 2014 and you have it.

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**Author:** ![seamoon](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/db5fbb/32.png) [@seamoon](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/seamoon)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 5:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-shows-korean-japan-etc-language-texts-as-squares/14770/5 "2013-05-30T17:44:32Z")

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There's still one year and millions of active Xp users. If Picard can do then why not Mp3Tag support it?

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**Author:** ![dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/dano/32/6_2.png) [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2013, 6:26am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-shows-korean-japan-etc-language-texts-as-squares/14770/6 "2013-05-31T06:26:59Z")

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You can install East Asian language support from the Regional and Language Options in the Control Panel to get unicode characters working.

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**Author:** ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 12:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-shows-korean-japan-etc-language-texts-as-squares/14770/7 "2026-02-09T12:24:30Z")

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Closed on February 9, 2026, 12:24pm UTC