Windows 10: Some Unicode characters suddenly not displaying properly in every program - Windows 10

Windows 10Version 20H2 OS Build 19042.985I'm finding that some of the more obscure Unicode characters have randomly stopped displaying properly on my computer in every single program; specifically a half black star U+2BE8 as well as a load of others are now just displaying as white rectangles. I don't remember there being any updates or anything that would mess up the Unicode support so I'm at a loss as to why it's doing this.I've tried:- Redownloading Arial Unicode MS in the hope that it would contain all the Unicode characters.- Changing the Current system locale in the Region Settings in

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How to type unicode characters in Windows 10?


I haven't the right keyboard available on my laptop, so I can't test this, but the way we used to do it was:

1. Press and hold down the Alt key.
2. Press the + (plus) key on the numeric keypad.
3. Type the hexidecimal unicode value.
4. Release the Alt key.

This comes from:

How to enter Unicode characters in Microsoft Windows

Which leads on to this small utility:

UnicodeInput - a utility to enter Unicode characters on Microsoft Windows

Which I also cannot test.

In Microsoft Word,there must be numerous published macros for handling Unicode - some will be better than others - just go to:

microsoft word unicode macro - Google Search

for loads of links.

 

Type a Unicode Character

You can convert numbers from decimal to hex to octal to binary. But those are the numbers used as Unicode code points. They're the "serial numbers" for characters.

But the alt codes are a different. They're not related to the Unicode code points. There is no numerical conversion from Unicode codes to alt codes.

Alt codes predate Unicode by a decade or so. Alt codes are just arbitrary numbers that Microsoft assigned. So you have to look up the key codes. Do a google search to find a complete list.

 

Chinese characters SOMETIMES not decoded properly in Windows 10

Hi Peiran,

Chinese characters may not be decoded properly due to the settings of the language for non-Unicode software. For us to rectify this, we advise checking and changing the system locale by following these steps:

• Press Windows key + X.
• Click Control Panel.
• Click Clock, Language, and Region.
• Under Region, click Change location.
• Locate the Administrative tab, then press Change system locale under
  Language for non-Unicode programs.

If the same thing occurs, do not hesitate to post back and we'll assist you further.