Examples are given with capital letters, but the information applies to both upper and lower case. A number of other diacritics or special characters do not display properly. For diacritics, they are simply dropped. We are working to resolve these problems. Alphabetical order in the catalog is based on English and is not affected by diacritic marks.
Special characters file as the closest roman script letter.
Upper and lower case is not important. This problem also occurs via a telnet connection to the catalog. The following summaries by language area will explain how diacritics and special characters are treated in specific cases. Most diacritics in modern Western European languages display and special characters are displayed as the closest roman script letter. The diacritic that does not display is the cedilla in Catalan, French and Portuguese.