use utf-8 for encoding of strings, this enables UNICODE international characters sets (of nearly any language) in plot titles and labels, file and folder names. Windows uses utf-16 and conversion functions between utf-8 and utf-16, if access to Windows API functions is needed. A special fopen has been defined. In addition, plot labels on the y axis now are placed vertically, 90°, by using the Windows API or the Linux Xft library. Postscript plotting uses only a UNICODE subset, namely ISO-8859-1/ISO-8859-15, that allows extended ascii. Better looking fonts are now used for labeling the axes. Variables xbrushwidth and xgridwidth (to be set e.g. in .spiceinit or directly before a plot command) allow setting separately the linewidths of the graph (xbrushwidth) and the grid (xgridwidth). Slight modification of the Windows GUI string window to enhance readability. Windows GUI is now more responsive during lengthy op calculations. UNICODE in Gnuplot and (limited) in Postscript are supported. You will need to download and install gnuplot and a PS viewer (e.g. ghostscript, gv or others). Input files to ngspice now have to be utf-8 encoded. ANSI encoded files will fail (Notepad++ on Windows allows a simple conversion). For an ANSI version of ngspice you have to compile it with the configure flag --disable-utf8.