your scores.
@cindex Text, other languages
-To write non-ascii text (such as characters from other languages), simply
+To write accented and special text (such as characters from other languages),
+simply
insert the characters directly into the lilypond file. The file must be
saved as UTF-8. For more information, see @ref{Text encoding}.
To enter lyrics with characters from non-English languages, or with
-non-ascii characters (such as the heart symbol or slanted quotes),
+accented and special characters (such as the heart symbol or slanted quotes),
simply insert the characters directly into the input file and save
it with utf-8 encoding. See @ref{Text encoding} for more info.