I just use: \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} It seems utf8x is more complete, but not officially supported. I haven't needeced the ucs package. (Maybe needed for

I just use: \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} It seems utf8x is more complete, but not officially supported. I haven't needeced the ucs package. (Maybe needed for extended characters, Chinese?) http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1797841/icelandic-utf8-and-utf8x-in-latex http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1797841/icelandic-utf8-an... By the way, here is a document that can be compiled both with LaTeX and XeLaTeX, with Unicode: http://ustunozgur.com/compiling-documents-via-both-latex-and-xelate-26 http://ustunozgur.com/compiling-documents-via-both-latex-and...