What is TXT?
TXT is plain text: characters and line breaks, nothing else. It is the smallest and most compatible option, which is why most Chinese web novels circulate as TXT.
About the format
TXT is plain text: the file holds characters and nothing else, with no fonts, sizes, colours, images or pagination. Line breaks are its only structure. Most Chinese web novels circulate as TXT precisely because it is small, opens anywhere and is easy to copy and update incrementally. The trade-offs are that it carries no chapter structure, cover or metadata, and that mismatched encodings (UTF-8, GBK, UTF-16) produce mojibake — the two most common TXT problems.
| Extensions | .txt |
|---|---|
| Typical use | Chinese web novels, logs, and any text-only content that needs maximum compatibility. |
Converting from TXT
Converting into TXT
Other formats
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