HTML5 + UTF-8: do I need to encode the GBP (£) character?

Question

I thought utf-8 would only be able to handle neat £instead of converting to objects?

What is the correct way to handle GBP symbol with UTF-8 and HTML5?

(ps. don't think the html5 part should matter)

update:

Here's a test document:

<!doctype html>  
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>GBP Test</title>
</head>

<body>
£55
<br />
&pound;55
</body>

Thank you all for your help.

For everyone who encounters this disorder, a problem arises with your text editor. Even Notepad formats in non utf-8.

DECISION:
UTF-8 read and write formats changed in my text editor ( PHP Designer )

+5

Haroldo Nov 18 '10 at 15:04

2 answers

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, HTML- UTF-8, ( ):

XHTML ( XML), ( , ):

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, &, < > , "" (, ", " )...

+4

ircmaxell 18 . '10 15:11

Pekka 웃 · Accepted Answer · 2010-11-18T15:07:15+0000

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