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My user name on the system (Windows Server 2016) has special characters in it, such as äöü. When opening QGIS, the global variable user_full_name does not display the characters correctly, but makes ? in boxes instead (see image). I display the user name in a map layout, so it should be shown correctly.

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I found a lot of resources online about characters not showing fine in database tables or shapefiles, but nothing concerning the global variables. I guess, the solution is simple, but I cannot figure it out.

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  • Welcome to GSE ! Which version of QGIS are you using ? I create a project variable on QGIS 3.6.1 (Ubuntu) and there is no problem with special characters. – J. Monticolo May 27 '19 at 13:53

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you might want to check this answer on the very same topic (user_full_name and character encoding):

QGIS general character encoding

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