2 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/fop-sandbox/src/main/java/org/apache/fop/render/mif/MIFElement.java b/fop-sandbox/src/main/java/org/apache/fop/render/mif/MIFElement.java
index 93f7c1d8d..08a1b664f 100644
--- a/fop-sandbox/src/main/java/org/apache/fop/render/mif/MIFElement.java
+++ b/fop-sandbox/src/main/java/org/apache/fop/render/mif/MIFElement.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ package org.apache.fop.render.mif;
 // Java
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -89,9 +90,9 @@ public class MIFElement {
         }
         String indentStr = sb.toString();
         if (!started) {
-            os.write((indentStr + "<" + name).getBytes());
+            os.write((indentStr + "<" + name).getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
             if (valueElements != null) {
-                os.write(("\n").getBytes());
+                os.write(("\n").getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
             }
             started = true;
         }
@@ -110,9 +111,9 @@ public class MIFElement {
             if (!finish || !done) {
                 return false;
             }
-            os.write((indentStr + "> # end of " + name + "\n").getBytes());
+            os.write((indentStr + "> # end of " + name + "\n").getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
         } else {
-            os.write((" " + valueStr + ">\n").getBytes());
+            os.write((" " + valueStr + ">\n").getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
         }
         finished = true;
         return true;
diff --git a/fop-sandbox/src/main/java/org/apache/fop/render/mif/MIFFile.java b/fop-sandbox/src/main/java/org/apache/fop/render/mif/MIFFile.java
index c727b2998..1a2b3e599 100644
--- a/fop-sandbox/src/main/java/org/apache/fop/render/mif/MIFFile.java
+++ b/fop-sandbox/src/main/java/org/apache/fop/render/mif/MIFFile.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ package org.apache.fop.render.mif;
 // Java
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -130,7 +131,7 @@ public class MIFFile extends MIFElement {
         }
 
         if (!started) {
-            os.write(("<MIFFile  5.00> # Generated by FOP\n"/* + getVersion()*/).getBytes());
+            os.write(("<MIFFile  5.00> # Generated by FOP\n"/* + getVersion()*/).getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
             started = true;
         }
         boolean done = true;
@@ -146,7 +147,7 @@ public class MIFFile extends MIFElement {
             }
         }
         if (done && finish) {
-            os.write(("# end of MIFFile").getBytes());
+            os.write(("# end of MIFFile").getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
         }
     }