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5 Encodings a2ps is trying to support the various usual encodings that its users use. This chapter presents what an encoding is, how the encodings support is handled within a2ps , and some encodings it supports. Document encoding is the most important but also the most sensitive and explosive topic in Internet internationalization. It is an essential factor since most of the information distributed over the Internet is in text format. And there is a plethora of them, created over the years to satisfy writing constraints and constantly changing technological limitations.