diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e50b90430..e35a02bd9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
     "@vscode/debugadapter": "1.63.0",
     "await-notify": "1.0.1",
     "hexy": "0.3.5",
+    "iso-639-1": "^3.1.0",
     "jsonc-parser": "3.2.0",
     "semver": "7.5.4",
     "unzip-stream": "0.3.1",
diff --git a/src/dataEditor/dataEditorClient.ts b/src/dataEditor/dataEditorClient.ts
index de34a25d5..75bdedeb0 100644
--- a/src/dataEditor/dataEditorClient.ts
+++ b/src/dataEditor/dataEditorClient.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import {
   ALL_EVENTS,
   beginSessionTransaction,
   clear,
+  countCharacters,
   CountKind,
   createSession,
   createSimpleFileLogger,
@@ -30,11 +31,13 @@ import {
   EditorClient,
   endSessionTransaction,
   EventSubscriptionRequest,
+  getByteOrderMark,
   getClient,
   getClientVersion,
   getComputedFileSize,
   getContentType,
   getCounts,
+  getLanguage,
   getLogger,
   getServerHeartbeat,
   getServerInfo,
@@ -167,8 +170,6 @@ export class DataEditorClient implements vscode.Disposable {
   private currentViewportId: string
   private fileToEdit: string = ''
   private omegaSessionId = ''
-  private contentType = ''
-  private fileSize = 0
   private sendHeartbeatIntervalId: NodeJS.Timeout | number | undefined =
     undefined
 
@@ -191,8 +192,6 @@ export class DataEditorClient implements vscode.Disposable {
     this.svelteWebviewInitializer = new SvelteWebviewInitializer(context)
     this.svelteWebviewInitializer.initialize(this.view, this.panel.webview)
     this.currentViewportId = ''
-    this.contentType = ''
-    this.fileSize = 0
     this.fileToEdit = fileToEdit
     this.displayState = new DisplayState(this.panel)
   }
@@ -241,6 +240,17 @@ export class DataEditorClient implements vscode.Disposable {
       'checkpointPath is not set'
     )
 
+    let data = {
+      byteOrderMark: '',
+      changeCount: 0,
+      computedFileSize: 0,
+      diskFileSize: 0,
+      fileName: this.fileToEdit,
+      language: '',
+      type: '',
+      undoCount: 0,
+    }
+
     // create a session and capture the session id, content type, and file size
     try {
       const createSessionResponse = await createSession(
@@ -252,17 +262,39 @@ export class DataEditorClient implements vscode.Disposable {
       assert(this.omegaSessionId.length > 0, 'omegaSessionId is not set')
       addActiveSession(this.omegaSessionId)
 
-      this.fileSize = createSessionResponse.hasFileSize()
-        ? (createSessionResponse.getFileSize() as number)
-        : 0
+      data.diskFileSize = data.computedFileSize =
+        createSessionResponse.hasFileSize()
+          ? (createSessionResponse.getFileSize() as number)
+          : 0
 
       const contentTypeResponse = await getContentType(
         this.omegaSessionId,
         0,
-        Math.min(1024, this.fileSize)
+        Math.min(1024, data.computedFileSize)
       )
-      this.contentType = contentTypeResponse.getContentType()
-      assert(this.contentType.length > 0, 'contentType is not set')
+      data.type = contentTypeResponse.getContentType()
+      assert(data.type.length > 0, 'contentType is not set')
+
+      const byteOrderMarkResponse = await getByteOrderMark(
+        this.omegaSessionId,
+        0
+      )
+      data.byteOrderMark = byteOrderMarkResponse.getByteOrderMark()
+      assert(data.byteOrderMark.length > 0, 'byteOrderMark is not set')
+
+      const languageResponse = await getLanguage(
+        this.omegaSessionId,
+        0,
+        Math.min(1024, data.computedFileSize),
+        data.byteOrderMark
+      )
+      data.language = languageResponse.getLanguage()
+      assert(data.language.length > 0, 'language is not set')
+
+      data.diskFileSize = data.computedFileSize =
+        createSessionResponse.hasFileSize()
+          ? (createSessionResponse.getFileSize() as number)
+          : 0
     } catch {
       const msg = `Failed to create session for ${this.fileToEdit}`
       getLogger().error({
@@ -301,14 +333,7 @@ export class DataEditorClient implements vscode.Disposable {
     // send the initial file info to the webview
     await this.panel.webview.postMessage({
       command: MessageCommand.fileInfo,
-      data: {
-        changeCount: 0,
-        computedFileSize: this.fileSize,
-        diskFileSize: this.fileSize,
-        fileName: this.fileToEdit,
-        type: this.contentType,
-        undoCount: 0,
-      },
+      data: data,
     })
   }
 
@@ -450,6 +475,22 @@ export class DataEditorClient implements vscode.Disposable {
             startOffset,
             length
           )
+          const characterCount = await countCharacters(
+            this.omegaSessionId,
+            startOffset,
+            length
+          )
+          const contentTypeResponse = await getContentType(
+            this.omegaSessionId,
+            startOffset,
+            length
+          )
+          const languageResponse = await getLanguage(
+            this.omegaSessionId,
+            startOffset,
+            length,
+            characterCount.getByteOrderMark()
+          )
           await this.panel.webview.postMessage({
             command: MessageCommand.profile,
             data: {
@@ -457,6 +498,17 @@ export class DataEditorClient implements vscode.Disposable {
               length: length,
               byteProfile: byteProfile,
               numAscii: numAscii(byteProfile),
+              language: languageResponse.getLanguage(),
+              contentType: contentTypeResponse.getContentType(),
+              characterCount: {
+                byteOrderMark: characterCount.getByteOrderMark(),
+                byteOrderMarkBytes: characterCount.getByteOrderMarkBytes(),
+                singleByteCount: characterCount.getSingleByteChars(),
+                doubleByteCount: characterCount.getDoubleByteChars(),
+                tripleByteCount: characterCount.getTripleByteChars(),
+                quadByteCount: characterCount.getQuadByteChars(),
+                invalidBytes: characterCount.getInvalidBytes(),
+              },
             },
           })
         }
@@ -714,16 +766,16 @@ export class DataEditorClient implements vscode.Disposable {
 
     if (saved) {
       this.fileToEdit = fileToSave
-      this.fileSize = await getComputedFileSize(this.omegaSessionId)
+      const fileSize = await getComputedFileSize(this.omegaSessionId)
       await this.panel.webview.postMessage({
         command: MessageCommand.fileInfo,
         data: {
-          computedFileSize: this.fileSize,
-          diskFileSize: this.fileSize,
-          fileName: this.fileToEdit,
+          computedFileSize: fileSize,
+          diskFileSize: fileSize,
+          fileName: fileToSave,
         },
       })
-      vscode.window.showInformationMessage(`Saved: ${this.fileToEdit}`)
+      vscode.window.showInformationMessage(`Saved: ${fileToSave}`)
     } else if (cancelled) {
       vscode.window.showInformationMessage(`Cancelled save: ${fileToSave}`)
     } else {
@@ -1269,7 +1321,7 @@ async function serverStart() {
       getPidFile(omegaEditPort),
       logConfigFile
     ),
-    new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    new Promise((_resolve, reject) => {
       setTimeout(() => {
         reject((): Error => {
           return new Error(
diff --git a/src/svelte/src/components/DataDisplays/CustomByteDisplay/DataLineFeed.svelte b/src/svelte/src/components/DataDisplays/CustomByteDisplay/DataLineFeed.svelte
index 644ec8eae..5dd49f187 100644
--- a/src/svelte/src/components/DataDisplays/CustomByteDisplay/DataLineFeed.svelte
+++ b/src/svelte/src/components/DataDisplays/CustomByteDisplay/DataLineFeed.svelte
@@ -497,8 +497,8 @@ limitations under the License.
   })
 </script>
 
-{#if $selectionDataStore.active && $editMode == EditByteModes.Single}
-  {#key $selectedByte || selectedByteElement || dataRadix || $editorActionsAllowed == EditActionRestrictions.None}
+{#if $selectionDataStore.active && $editMode === EditByteModes.Single}
+  {#key $selectedByte || selectedByteElement || dataRadix || $editorActionsAllowed === EditActionRestrictions.None}
     <SelectedByteEdit
       byte={$selectedByte}
       on:seek
diff --git a/src/svelte/src/components/DataDisplays/CustomByteDisplay/SelectedByteEdit.svelte b/src/svelte/src/components/DataDisplays/CustomByteDisplay/SelectedByteEdit.svelte
index 08cb5008b..251b0f7ee 100644
--- a/src/svelte/src/components/DataDisplays/CustomByteDisplay/SelectedByteEdit.svelte
+++ b/src/svelte/src/components/DataDisplays/CustomByteDisplay/SelectedByteEdit.svelte
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ limitations under the License.
   }
 </script>
 
-{#if $editorActionsAllowed == EditActionRestrictions.None}
+{#if $editorActionsAllowed === EditActionRestrictions.None}
   <span>
     <input
       class="insert {themeClass}"
diff --git a/src/svelte/src/components/DataMetrics/DataMetrics.svelte b/src/svelte/src/components/DataMetrics/DataMetrics.svelte
index 3cbe3c487..8cf97836d 100644
--- a/src/svelte/src/components/DataMetrics/DataMetrics.svelte
+++ b/src/svelte/src/components/DataMetrics/DataMetrics.svelte
@@ -16,14 +16,13 @@ limitations under the License.
 -->
 <script lang="ts">
   import Button from '../Inputs/Buttons/Button.svelte'
-  import { vscode } from '../../utilities/vscode'
-  import { MessageCommand } from '../../utilities/message'
-  import { onMount } from 'svelte'
+  import {vscode} from '../../utilities/vscode'
+  import {MessageCommand} from '../../utilities/message'
+  import {onMount} from 'svelte'
   import Input from '../Inputs/Input/Input.svelte'
-  import { viewport } from '../../stores'
-  import { DATA_PROFILE_MAX_LENGTH } from '../../stores/configuration'
-  import { addressRadix } from '../../stores'
-  import { radixToString, regexEditDataTest } from '../../utilities/display'
+  import {addressRadix, viewport} from '../../stores'
+  import {DATA_PROFILE_MAX_LENGTH} from '../../stores/configuration'
+  import {radixToString, regexEditDataTest} from '../../utilities/display'
 
   const PROFILE_DOS_EOL = 256
 
@@ -36,8 +35,20 @@ limitations under the License.
   // number of bytes to profile from the start offset
   export let length: number
 
+  class CharacterCountData {
+    byteOrderMark: string = ''
+    byteOrderMarkBytes: number = 0
+    singleByteCount: number = 0
+    doubleByteCount: number = 0
+    tripleByteCount: number = 0
+    quadByteCount: number = 0
+    invalidBytes: number = 0
+  }
+
   let endOffset: number = 0
   let byteProfile: number[] = []
+  let language: string = ''
+  let contentType: string = ''
   let currentTooltip: { index: number; value: number } | null = null
   let colorScaleData: string[] = []
   let scaledData: number[] = []
@@ -47,6 +58,7 @@ limitations under the License.
   let mean: number = 0
   let variance: number = 0
   let stdDev: number = 0
+  let characterCountData: CharacterCountData = new CharacterCountData()
   let numAscii: number = 0
   let numDistinct: number = 0
   let fieldBeingEdited: string = ''
@@ -267,6 +279,18 @@ limitations under the License.
         case MessageCommand.profile:
           numAscii = msg.data.data.numAscii as number
           byteProfile = msg.data.data.byteProfile as number[]
+          language = msg.data.data.language as string
+          contentType = msg.data.data.contentType as string
+
+          // character count data
+          characterCountData.byteOrderMark = msg.data.data.characterCount.byteOrderMark as string
+          characterCountData.byteOrderMarkBytes = msg.data.data.characterCount.byteOrderMarkBytes as number
+          characterCountData.singleByteCount = msg.data.data.characterCount.singleByteCount as number
+          characterCountData.doubleByteCount = msg.data.data.characterCount.doubleByteCount as number
+          characterCountData.tripleByteCount = msg.data.data.characterCount.tripleByteCount as number
+          characterCountData.quadByteCount = msg.data.data.characterCount.quadByteCount as number
+          characterCountData.invalidBytes = msg.data.data.characterCount.invalidBytes as number
+
           setStatusMessage(
             `Profiled bytes from ${startOffset} to ${startOffset + length}`
           )
@@ -447,60 +471,80 @@ limitations under the License.
   <hr />
   <div class="stats">
     <label for="computed-size"
-      >&nbsp;Max Offset: <span id="computed-size" class="nowrap"
+      >&nbsp;&nbsp;Max Offset: <span id="computed-size" class="nowrap"
         >{viewport.offsetMax.toString($addressRadix)} ({radixToString(
           $addressRadix
         )})</span
       ></label
     >
+    <label for="language"
+      >&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Language: <span id="language" class="nowrap"
+        >{language}</span
+      ></label
+    >
+    <label for="content-type"
+      >Content Type: <span id="content-type" class="nowrap"
+        >{contentType}</span
+      ></label
+    >
     <label for="min-frequency"
-      >&nbsp;&nbsp;Min Freq.: <span id="min-frequency" class="nowrap"
+      >&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Min Freq.: <span id="min-frequency" class="nowrap"
         >{minFrequency}</span
       ></label
     >
     <label for="max-frequency"
-      >&nbsp;&nbsp;Max Freq.: <span id="max-frequency" class="nowrap"
+      >&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Max Freq.: <span id="max-frequency" class="nowrap"
         >{maxFrequency}</span
       ></label
     >
     <label for="mean-frequency"
-      >&nbsp;Mean Freq.: <span id="mean-frequency" class="nowrap"
+      >&nbsp;&nbsp;Mean Freq.: <span id="mean-frequency" class="nowrap"
         >{mean.toFixed(2)}</span
       ></label
     >
     <label for="variance"
-      >&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Variance: <span id="variance" class="nowrap"
+      >&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Variance: <span id="variance" class="nowrap"
         >{variance.toFixed(2)}</span
       ></label
     >
     <label for="stddev"
-      >&nbsp;&nbsp;Std. Dev.: <span id="stddev" class="nowrap"
+      >&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Std. Dev.: <span id="stddev" class="nowrap"
         >{stdDev.toFixed(2)}</span
       ></label
     >
     <label for="byte-count"
-      >&nbsp;Byte Count: <span id="byte-count" class="nowrap">{sum}</span
+      >&nbsp;&nbsp;Byte Count: <span id="byte-count" class="nowrap">{sum}</span
       ></label
     >
     <label for="distinct-count"
-      >&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Distinct: <span id="distinct-count" class="nowrap"
+      >&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Distinct: <span id="distinct-count" class="nowrap"
         >{numDistinct}</span
       ></label
     >
     <label for="dos_eol-count"
-      >&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;DOS EOL: <span id="dos_eol-count" class="nowrap"
+      >&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;DOS EOL: <span id="dos_eol-count" class="nowrap"
         >{byteProfile[PROFILE_DOS_EOL]}</span
       ></label
     >
     <label for="ascii-count"
-      >ASCII Count: <span id="ascii-count" class="nowrap">{numAscii}</span
+      >&nbsp;ASCII Count: <span id="ascii-count" class="nowrap">{numAscii}</span
       ></label
     >
     <label for="ascii-percent"
-      >&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;% ASCII: <span id="ascii-percent" class="nowrap"
+      >&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;% ASCII: <span id="ascii-percent" class="nowrap"
         >{((numAscii / sum) * 100).toFixed(2)}</span
       >
     </label>
+    </div>
+    <hr />
+  <div class="char-count">
+    <label for="char-count-bom">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;BOM: <span id="char-count-bom" class="nowrap">{characterCountData.byteOrderMark}</span></label>
+    <label for="char-count-bom-bytes">&nbsp;&nbsp;BOM Bytes: <span id="char-count-bom-bytes" class="nowrap">{characterCountData.byteOrderMarkBytes}</span></label>
+    <label for="char-count-single">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Single: <span id="char-count-single" class="nowrap">{characterCountData.singleByteCount}</span></label>
+    <label for="char-count-double">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Double: <span id="char-count-double" class="nowrap">{characterCountData.doubleByteCount}</span></label>
+    <label for="char-count-triple">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Triple: <span id="char-count-triple" class="nowrap">{characterCountData.tripleByteCount}</span></label>
+    <label for="char-count-quad">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Quad: <span id="char-count-quad" class="nowrap">{characterCountData.quadByteCount}</span></label>
+    <label for="char-count-invalid">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Invalid: <span id="char-count-invalid" class="nowrap">{characterCountData.invalidBytes}</span></label>
   </div>
   <hr />
   <Button fn={handleCsvProfileDownload} description="Download profiled data as .csv">
diff --git a/src/svelte/src/components/Header/fieldsets/FileMetrics.svelte b/src/svelte/src/components/Header/fieldsets/FileMetrics.svelte
index e6f6ee0a2..83d6365b5 100644
--- a/src/svelte/src/components/Header/fieldsets/FileMetrics.svelte
+++ b/src/svelte/src/components/Header/fieldsets/FileMetrics.svelte
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ limitations under the License.
   import { humanReadableByteLength } from '../../../utilities/display'
   import { DATA_PROFILE_MAX_LENGTH } from '../../../stores/configuration'
   import Tooltip from '../../layouts/Tooltip.svelte'
+  import ISO6391 from 'iso-639-1'
   const eventDispatcher = createEventDispatcher()
 
   let displayOpts = false
@@ -74,6 +75,9 @@ limitations under the License.
           if ('type' in msg.data.data) {
             $fileMetrics.type = msg.data.data.type
           }
+          if ('language' in msg.data.data) {
+            $fileMetrics.language = msg.data.data.language
+          }
           if ('diskFileSize' in msg.data.data) {
             $fileMetrics.diskSize = msg.data.data.diskFileSize
           }
@@ -182,7 +186,19 @@ limitations under the License.
     </FlexContainer>
     <FlexContainer --dir="column">
       <label for="content_type">Content Type</label>
-      <span id="content_type" class="nowrap">{$fileMetrics.type}</span>
+      <Tooltip
+        description="{$fileMetrics.type}"
+        alwaysEnabled={true}>
+      <span id="content_type" class="nowrap">{$fileMetrics.type.split('/').pop()}</span>
+        </Tooltip>
+    </FlexContainer>
+    <FlexContainer --dir="column">
+      <label for="language">Language</label>
+      <Tooltip
+        description="{ISO6391.getName($fileMetrics.language)}"
+        alwaysEnabled={true}>
+      <span id="language" class="nowrap">{$fileMetrics.language}</span>
+      </Tooltip>
     </FlexContainer>
   </FlexContainer>
   <hr />
diff --git a/src/svelte/src/components/Header/fieldsets/FileMetrics.ts b/src/svelte/src/components/Header/fieldsets/FileMetrics.ts
index 053f9155a..d12b5099a 100644
--- a/src/svelte/src/components/Header/fieldsets/FileMetrics.ts
+++ b/src/svelte/src/components/Header/fieldsets/FileMetrics.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import { SimpleWritable } from '../../../stores/localStore'
 class FileMetricsData {
   name: string = ''
   type: string = ''
+  language: string = ''
   diskSize: number = 0
   computedSize: number = 0
   changeCount: number = 0
diff --git a/src/svelte/src/components/Header/fieldsets/Settings.svelte b/src/svelte/src/components/Header/fieldsets/Settings.svelte
index 214b02aea..fb7d0a7c3 100644
--- a/src/svelte/src/components/Header/fieldsets/Settings.svelte
+++ b/src/svelte/src/components/Header/fieldsets/Settings.svelte
@@ -28,7 +28,20 @@ limitations under the License.
   import FlexContainer from '../../layouts/FlexContainer.svelte'
   import { UIThemeCSSClass } from '../../../utilities/colorScheme'
   import ViewportVisibilityIcon from '../../Icons/ViewportVisibilityIcon.svelte'
+  import {MessageCommand} from "../../../utilities/message";
 
+  window.addEventListener('message', (msg) => {
+    switch (msg.data.command) {
+      case MessageCommand.fileInfo:
+      {
+        if ('byteOrderMark' in msg.data.data) {
+            const { byteOrderMark } = msg.data.data
+            if (byteOrderMark === 'UTF-8') $editorEncoding = 'utf-8'
+            else if (byteOrderMark === 'UTF-16LE') $editorEncoding = 'utf-16le'
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  })
 </script>
 
 <fieldset>
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 80c45fee6..bc9f85ee4 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2046,6 +2046,11 @@ isexe@^2.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/isexe/-/isexe-2.0.0.tgz#e8fbf374dc556ff8947a10dcb0572d633f2cfa10"
   integrity sha512-RHxMLp9lnKHGHRng9QFhRCMbYAcVpn69smSGcq3f36xjgVVWThj4qqLbTLlq7Ssj8B+fIQ1EuCEGI2lKsyQeIw==
 
+iso-639-1@^3.1.0:
+  version "3.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/iso-639-1/-/iso-639-1-3.1.0.tgz#62611c680eba80ccedb57c3fa00d048f7c866693"
+  integrity sha512-rWcHp9dcNbxa5C8jA/cxFlWNFNwy5Vup0KcFvgA8sPQs9ZeJHj/Eq0Y8Yz2eL8XlWYpxw4iwh9FfTeVxyqdRMw==
+
 isobject@^3.0.1:
   version "3.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/isobject/-/isobject-3.0.1.tgz#4e431e92b11a9731636aa1f9c8d1ccbcfdab78df"