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.
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 <= 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: