Problem with encoding values

[Rosencrantz]

Hi, I have what I assume is an encoding issue with the ftm python library. A datasets I am working with have a share capital in KZ Tenge, something like ₸15,000,000 . I iterate over my nice little values, create entity proxies, add properties, all looks fine. But once I do a proxy.to_dict() the Tenge symbol is gone and the value will look like ā‚ø15,000,000 or (it’s not even consistent) 'ג‚¸15,000,000 - any help is appreciated.

[pudo]

This feels like it may be happening in the FtM string normalizer: https://github.com/alephdata/followthemoney/blob/main/followthemoney/util.py#L69 - maybe cool to test against and see if it's a broader error?

[epicslapper]

Wait , isn't this called follow the money ???
Just kidding , i see a lot of long faces here ....