# How to show the pin symbol in PowerShell Julia?

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-show-the-pin-symbol-in-powershell-julia/38081
**Category:** New to Julia
**Created:** [April 23, 2020, 12:11pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-show-the-pin-symbol-in-powershell-julia/38081 "2020-04-23T12:11:17Z")
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### Author: ![xiaodai](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/xiaodai/32/15937_2.png) [@xiaodai](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/xiaodai)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2020, 12:11pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-show-the-pin-symbol-in-powershell-julia/38081/1 "2020-04-23T12:11:17Z")

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I use Julia on Windows and when I open the REPL ti says that it’s been run in PowerShell.

Once I pin a package, I expect the pin symbol to appear next to the package, but on my machine it’s a rectangle containing a question mark, see

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/e/5/e587cb86b0bcf3a72423898ef10d8f6e7eb061ce.png)

Does anyone know to fix it? Is there some font settings I need to enable?

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### Author: ![jaakkor2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/jaakkor2/32/2540_2.png) [@jaakkor2](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jaakkor2)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2020, 1:21pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-show-the-pin-symbol-in-powershell-julia/38081/2 "2020-04-23T13:21:11Z")

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See [julia/windows.md at v1.4.1 · JuliaLang/julia · GitHub](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/blob/v1.4.1/doc/build/windows.md#unicode-font-support) . I think the answer is to use a better terminal. The docs suggest Conemu or Mintty.

I use Windows Terminal and I am pretty happy with it. [GitHub - microsoft/terminal: The new Windows Terminal and the original Windows console host, all in the same place!](https://github.com/microsoft/terminal) (link to the Microsoft Store [Microsoft Apps](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/windows-terminal-preview/9n0dx20hk701)).  
Caveat is that this requires Windows 10 v1903 or later.