Yup. Thanks. Solved it with a little deeper digging. Instead of just reading the file, I use cat to set the variable to the contents of the file and that works well.

I've got a problem but I am not sure I even know the correct words to ask it. In essence, I have a file that contains, for example, I’ve learned

When I read that into a variable (in Applescript, i know, don't judge, I'm taking baby steps here) it renders as I’ve learned

I cannot for the life of me see how to read the file and maintain the formatting. Read as Unicode turns it into complete rubbish.

I suspect there is a simple answer, but as I say I'm not sure even how to ask the question.

Fascinating reading your travelogue from the comfort of my warm bed.

Wow. I don’t blame him for taking the train sometimes.

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Once a month, I clean up all the Ds; desktop, downloads, dropbox, documents and dustbin. A small thing, but I find it helps me keep on top of things.

Never too late.

In primary school we visited the local newspaper, and I got my name as a slug from a Linotype machine. I credit that with triggering my interest in journalism.

Nice story.

Catching up fast!

Glad that helped. I think part of the problem may be that cloudflare is too tight with partners so that if you do anything yourself it breaks things.