Package: pngcrush Version: 1.8.13-0.1 $ pngcrush -text b "Title" "§üöäÜÖÄßẞ" /usr/share/vlc/lua/http/css/ui-lightness/images/ui-bg_highlight-soft_100_eeeeee_1x100.png out.png $ exiftool out.png … Title : §üöäÜÖÄßẞ … As you see, the title in the output is not the same as requested. Pngcrush or exiftool have to be repaired in this regard.