Dynamic %%First Name%% personalization issues with French accents

Question

Using MOVABLE-INK to display customer name with custom fonts in email as an image. In outlook 2016 PC French name with accent is not showing at all looks like a broken image path, even after using the URLEncode function. Did anyone experience this issue?

%%[var @FirstName set @FirstName = [First Name]]%%

%%[
  VAR @encodedEmailFName
  SET @encodedEmailFName = URLEncode(@FirstName,1)
  ]%%

  <a href="http://www.example.com?mi_name=%%=v(@encodedEmailFName)">
   <img src="someimage.png? mi_name=%%= v(@encodedEmailFName) =%%"/>
  </a>

using Movable-Ink

Answer 1

Found a fix for the PC Outlook issue. What I did is URLEncode the [First Name] first and then concatenate it to the URL. Then in the SRC I used RedirectTo or TreatAsContent both works.

%%[ SET @FisrtName = [First Name]; SET @endCodefirstName = URLEncode(@FisrtName,1,1) SET @concatIMg = Concat('http://www.someimage.png?','mi_name=%%=v(@endCodefirstName)=%%') ]%%