A character encoding defines how text is stored as bytes. If you’ve seen “café” instead of “café,” that’s an encoding mismatch. This intro covers how encoding works, how #Unicode and UTF-8 relate, and why mistakes break apps and websites. It also matters beyond #developers—affecting readability, search, data exchange, #accessibility and whether people see text correctly online.🎬 Watch @xfq, @w3c's #i18n lead, explain what character encoding is: https://youtu.be/y2ay7otbFWk