encoding fix for special characters

build.gradle

@@ -21,6 +21,13 @@ dependencies {
 	modCompile "net.fabricmc:fabric:${project.fabric_version}"
 }
 
+// ensure that the encoding is set to UTF-8, no matter what the system default is
+// this fixes some edge cases with special characters not displaying correctly
+// see http://yodaconditions.net/blog/fix-for-java-file-encoding-problems-with-gradle.html
+tasks.withType(JavaCompile) {
+    options.encoding = "UTF-8"
+}
+
 // Loom will automatically attach sourcesJar to a RemapSourcesJar task and to the "build" task
 // if it is present.
 // If you remove this task, sources will not be generated.