# Portuguese characters

**URL:** <https://community.citadel5.com/t/portuguese-characters/154>\
**Category:** GS-Base Support\
**Created:** [September 27, 2021, 9:11pm UTC](https://community.citadel5.com/t/portuguese-characters/154 "2021-09-27T21:11:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![GSilva](https://community.citadel5.com/user_avatar/community.citadel5.com/gsilva/32/48_2.png) [@GSilva](https://community.citadel5.com/u/GSilva)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2021, 9:11pm UTC](https://community.citadel5.com/t/portuguese-characters/154/1 "2021-09-27T21:11:10Z")

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Hello. Is there a way to make it recognise the Portuguese characters? When I sort registers by persons name in ascending order, it puts “Maria José” before “Maria João”.

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**Author:** ![GSilva](https://community.citadel5.com/user_avatar/community.citadel5.com/gsilva/32/48_2.png) [@GSilva](https://community.citadel5.com/u/GSilva)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 12:58pm UTC](https://community.citadel5.com/t/portuguese-characters/154/2 "2021-09-28T12:58:44Z")

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SOLVED

Just changing “default font” from Bahnscrift to Verdana was enough to solve my issue. Sorry for the disturbance.

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**Author:** ![GSilva](https://community.citadel5.com/user_avatar/community.citadel5.com/gsilva/32/48_2.png) [@GSilva](https://community.citadel5.com/u/GSilva)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2021, 1:11pm UTC](https://community.citadel5.com/t/portuguese-characters/154/3 "2021-10-03T13:11:03Z")

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Even later I found the utility of the option “Current language specific sorting” in the Sort Options.