Hi all, I've a little trouble (not a deadly one) but need some expert helps if there is a simply solutions or I'll be forced to change manually all the single file names:
All the files in various folders (annual folders from 2001 to 2025) about our estimates was named with "°" under Windows and now all they appear with this name (I took just one of the thousands to e.g.):
Prevn�05-21 Polia Boccea 243 Sost Cald Aut.odt
Prevn�05-21 Polia Boccea 243 Sost Cald Aut.pdf
instead of
Prevn°05-21 etc etc...
All the files are exclusively odt and pdf
There is some automated ways to change the thousands of � in some other encoded character or to totally eliminate it, so all the names will turn right? Also because opening a file with a well encoded name with Libreoffice it will save the updates or the new one in the same origin folder but if the name is with � it always ask to save in Desktop/Download folder absolutely a new version of the file, also if I did only minor update.
Thanks
As far as I have researched, it should actually be sufficient to select a unicode font in Zorin so that the character ° is displayed correctly, e.g. ubuntu font family (ubuntu regular, ubuntu light...).
I tried it in Zorin with "Inter regular" and it was no problem saving a file in librewriter that contains ° in the filename. It was shown correctly.
Perhaps this can also help you:
What for Fonts You have set up? You can check that in Zorin Appearance in ''Fonts'' or in gnome-tweaks, too.
@Forpli
1: saving new documents with ° it's not a problem, all the old odt and pdf that were named with ° and now is visualized as � could be opened without problem with Writer Draw or Calc when I go to save it Libreoffice ask me to save a new document in a Zorin folder instead in the original NAS folder I suppose because Libreoffice think the original name is corrupted
2: Installed weeks ago some Win fonts: Times new romans, thaoma, courier and Arial (arial blackand arial narrow) from Windows to have some continuity with the visual of the works... and they works well writing documents but the � in the odt&pdf names still there...
@Ponce-De-Leon
GUI text -> Inter regular
Monospace text -> JetBrains Mono Regular
document text -> Sans regular
I'll try to change them tomorrow, what kind should be better to set?
thx for helps 
Have you run
sudo apt update && sudo apt install ttf-mscorefonts-installer
On Zorin OS? Doing so leads to a series of prompts in the terminal, since these are proprietary Microsoft fonts.
Having done a search:
Degree Symbol in File Names
When moving files from Windows to Linux, filenames containing a degree symbol (°) should work without issues in Linux since Linux allows a wider range of characters in filenames compared to Windows. In Windows, filenames with the degree symbol might not be directly supported, but in Linux, the degree symbol is allowed and can be typed using various methods such as Shift + Alt Gr + 0.6
However, if you encountered problems while moving files containing the degree symbol from Windows to Linux, it might be due to encoding issues or how the filename was originally encoded in Windows. Linux filesystems like ext2, ext3 are character-set agnostic and can store filenames in UTF-8 encoding.
To ensure compatibility and prevent issues, it's best to use a consistent encoding format when creating filenames, preferably UTF-8, which is widely supported across different operating systems."
I notice that you are Italian and this could be a language issue with the system:
"However, it's important to ensure that the file or system you're working with is set to use UTF-8 encoding. For example, if a file is not encoded as UTF-8, it might be encoded as Windows-1252, which can cause problems when reading or writing Italian characters. Therefore, it is recommended to use UTF-8 encoding to avoid any conversion or display issues with Italian characters."
On a side note I avoid using MS font installer as it has proved difficult to remove left overs. I have in the past copied fonts from my Windows install into GNU/Linux without issues.
When You want use that as System Font, You would have to set that up in gnome-tweaks or Zorin Appearance. I would suggest simply to switch to another Font (for the GUI Text) and look if it changes. What You use is up to You. I use Roboto. If You want, You can try it with that.
This fix the °-� problem, Thank you
Of course I avoid to use àèìòù in file names, all the rest of the keyboard is the same that in EN; all the files in the NAS are in UTF-8 and changing the Zorin Appareance with other characters set do nothing.
Probably the names were saved with a character set that I forgot to install manually (verdana or trebuchet) and zorin was be unable to show them. Now it's all right, Thank you all for the support
Angelo
Glad it worked. I do notice though, reopening this thread, that @Forpli provided this solution earlier in the thread, so moved the solution to that post.