I had been viewing the input and output files in different viewers and had thought they were reliable. It turns out that was a big mistake (okay, it's obvious now!). I pulled up a hex editor and looked over the codes and found the encoding was not getting messed up, but I was not specifying the encoding in the output file.

In the past I've only used HTML with my own sites or in specific usage situations, so encoding has never been an issue for me for anything -- obviously, otherwise I would have known the term.

I see there's a LOT of info out there on encoding, so thanks for suggesting the obvious (that I had overlooked) and for giving me the right term to use for researching this. That's a BIG help!

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