How to write Unicode characters to the console

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I was wondering if it was possible  in a console application  to write characters like   using  NET  When I try to write this character  the console outputs a question mark

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Besides Console OutputEncoding   System Text Encoding UTF8   for some characters you need to install extra fonts  ie  Chinese    In Windows 10 first go to Region  amp  language settings and install support for required language    After that you can go to Command Prompt Proporties  or Defaults if you like  and choose some font that supports your language  like KaiTi in Chinese case     Now you are set to go

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I found some elegant solution on MSDN  System Console Write   uXXXX     XXXX is hex Unicode for character   This simple program writes   right on the screen   using System   public class Test       public static void Main                 Console Write   u2103        character code

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It s likely that your output encoding is set to ASCII  Try using this before sending output   Console OutputEncoding   System Text Encoding UTF8     MSDN link to supporting documentation    And here s a little console test app you may find handy   C   using System  using System Text   public static class ConsoleOutputTest       public static void Main             Console OutputEncoding   System Text Encoding UTF8          for  var i   0  i  lt   1000  i                  Console Write Strings ChrW i                if  i   50    0       break every 50 chars                 Console WriteLine                                    Console ReadKey              VB NET  imports Microsoft VisualBasic imports System  public module ConsoleOutputTest      Sub Main           Console OutputEncoding   System Text Encoding UTF8         dim i as integer         for i   0 to 1000             Console Write ChrW i               if i mod 50   0  break every 50 chars                  Console WriteLine               end if         next     Console ReadKey       End Sub end module   It s also possible that your choice of Console font does not support that particular character  Click on the Windows Tool-bar Menu  icon like C    and select Properties -  Font  Try some other fonts to see if they display your character properly

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Console OutputEncoding Property https   docs microsoft com en-us dotnet api system console outputencoding  Note that successfully displaying Unicode characters to the console requires the following   The console must use a TrueType font  such as Lucida Console or Consolas  to display characters

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This works for me   Console OutputEncoding   System Text Encoding Default   To display some of the symbols  it s required to set Command Prompt s font to Lucida Console    Open Command Prompt  Right click on the top bar of the Command Prompt  Click Properties  If the font is set to Raster Fonts  change it to Lucida Console

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