Can't change theme name

Question

I am developing a theme and it currently has no theme information. Right now it is pulling it's name from the theme folders name and the "Author"is anonymous.

I tried changing it by adding code into the style.css as such:

/*
Theme Name: Twenty Twelve
Theme URI: http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/twentytwelve
Author: the WordPress team
Author URI: http://wordpress.org/
Description: The 2012 theme for WordPress is a fully responsive theme that looks great on any device. Features include a front page template with its own widgets, an optional display font, styling for post formats on both index and single views, and an optional no-sidebar page template. Make it yours with a custom menu, header image, and background.
Version: 1.1
License: GNU General Public License v2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
Tags: light, gray, white, one-column, two-columns, right-sidebar, flexible-width, custom-background, custom-header, custom-menu, editor-style, featured-images, flexible-header, full-width-template, microformats, post-formats, rtl-language-support, sticky-post, theme-options, translation-ready
Text Domain: twentytwelve

This theme, like WordPress, is licensed under the GPL.
Use it to make something cool, have fun, and share what you've learned with others.
*/

It succeeds at adding text into the author name, except it adds it all with the formatting messed up. It looks like this on my theme page:

Current Theme
Twenty TwelveTheme URI: http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/twentytwelveAuthor: the WordPress teamAuthor URI: http://wordpress.org/Description: The 2012 theme for WordPress is a fully responsive theme that looks great on any device. Features include a front page template with its own widgets, an optional display font, styling for post formats on both index and single views, and an optional no-sidebar page template. Make it yours with a custom menu, header image, and background.Version: 1.1License: GNU General Public License v2 or laterLicense URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.htmlTags: light, gray, white, one-column, two-columns, right-sidebar, flexible-width, custom-background, custom-header, custom-menu, editor-style, featured-images, flexible-header, full-width-template, microformats, post-formats, rtl-language-support, sticky-post, theme-options, translation-readyText Domain: twentytwelveThis theme, like WordPress, is licensed under the GPL.Use it to make something cool, have fun, and share what you've learned with others.

By Anonymous Version
Customize OPTIONS: Widgets Menus Customize

So basically what it is doing is adding all of the theme information into the Author description/heading, instead of adding the info into it's own correct description/heading. Can anyone tell me why this could possibly be happening? I haven't found anything at all about this issue, and I am baffled as to why it would even happen.

Answer 1

From what you are describing, the ASCII is being incorrectly converted when you upload the file via FTP.

Go to WP-Admin and select Appearance -> Editor. Look at Style.css, does it look like it's been minified in a really strange way? If so, you have a problem with the UTF encoding on your end. It'll get a lot nastier if this happens to a core file like single.php.

In Filezilla, change your transfer type to "Binary", re-upload, and see what happens.