@node Text encoding
@subsection Text encoding
+@cindex Unicode
+@cindex UTF-8
+@cindex non-ASCII characters
+
LilyPond uses the character repertoire defined by the Unicode
consortium and ISO/IEC 10646. This defines a unique name and
code point for the character sets used in virtually all modern
\markup { "Copyright 2008--2009" \char ##x00A9 }
@end lilypond
+@cindex copyright sign
+
To enter the copyright sign in the copyright notice use:
@example