# Julia 1.2.0 and Unicode character in Windows 10

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-1-2-0-and-unicode-character-in-windows-10/29697>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [October 9, 2019, 8:30pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-1-2-0-and-unicode-character-in-windows-10/29697 "2019-10-09T20:30:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Giovanni\_Di\_Stefano](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/giovanni_di_stefano/32/9269_2.png) [@Giovanni\_Di\_Stefano](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Giovanni_Di_Stefano)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2019, 8:30pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-1-2-0-and-unicode-character-in-windows-10/29697/1 "2019-10-09T20:30:16Z")

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Hello! I installed Julia 1.2.0 on Windows 10, but when I type 🐢 , the turtle is not displayed, why?

 ![Cattura](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/6/4/648b4f230010eacf8ea392e6a927fe1853e1da18.png)

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**Author:** ![phgmacedo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/phgmacedo/32/34876_2.png) [@phgmacedo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/phgmacedo)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2019, 8:36pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-1-2-0-and-unicode-character-in-windows-10/29697/2 "2019-10-09T20:36:21Z")

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You have to install the DejaVu Sans Mono font, and configure the console to use that font.

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**Author:** ![Giovanni\_Di\_Stefano](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/giovanni_di_stefano/32/9269_2.png) [@Giovanni\_Di\_Stefano](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Giovanni_Di_Stefano)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2019, 8:47pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-1-2-0-and-unicode-character-in-windows-10/29697/3 "2019-10-09T20:47:36Z")

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> [@phgmacedo](#):
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> DejaVu Sans Mono font

Done, but it doesn’t work

 ![Cattura](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/6/7/67b148c52e575ff2ad50a518af6440d854c8a230.png)

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**Author:** ![phgmacedo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/phgmacedo/32/34876_2.png) [@phgmacedo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/phgmacedo)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2019, 10:09pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-1-2-0-and-unicode-character-in-windows-10/29697/4 "2019-10-09T22:09:23Z")

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Oh, well… 🤷

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**Author:** ![rdeits](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/rdeits/32/286_2.png) [@rdeits](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rdeits)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2019, 3:48am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-1-2-0-and-unicode-character-in-windows-10/29697/5 "2019-10-10T03:48:56Z")

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It sounds like FiraCode might work, according to this post: [Julia REPL and Emojis - #4 by HBaghdadi1995](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-repl-and-emojis/21830/4)

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**Author:** ![Giovanni\_Di\_Stefano](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/giovanni_di_stefano/32/9269_2.png) [@Giovanni\_Di\_Stefano](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Giovanni_Di_Stefano)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2019, 8:08am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-1-2-0-and-unicode-character-in-windows-10/29697/6 "2019-10-10T08:08:35Z")

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It doesn’t work 😧

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**Author:** ![cormullion](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/cormullion/32/49131_2.png) [@cormullion](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/cormullion)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2019, 9:32am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-1-2-0-and-unicode-character-in-windows-10/29697/7 "2019-10-10T09:32:22Z")

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I think the Fira Code and Deja Vu Sans Mono fonts don’t contain emojis anyway. On Windows, the font you want to be installed is probably the Segoe UI Color Emoji font. Which I thought should be installed already, but who knows. Presumably Windows does font substitution… (I’ve not used Windows much… :))

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**Author:** ![pfitzseb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/pfitzseb/32/45566_2.png) [@pfitzseb](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pfitzseb)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2019, 10:15am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-1-2-0-and-unicode-character-in-windows-10/29697/8 "2019-10-10T10:15:30Z")

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> [@cormullion](#):
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> Presumably Windows does font substitution…

No, it doesn’t: [UTF8 support in Juno console workaround? - #4 by stevengj](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/utf8-support-in-juno-console-workaround/28063/4)

The new Windows terminal implementation should support font substitution, but doesn’t work with Julia IIRC.

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**Author:** ![cormullion](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/cormullion/32/49131_2.png) [@cormullion](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/cormullion)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2019, 10:31am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-1-2-0-and-unicode-character-in-windows-10/29697/9 "2019-10-10T10:31:14Z")

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> [@pfitzseb](#):
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> No, it doesn’t

blimey ☹

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**Author:** ![Vikash\_Madhow](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/vikash_madhow/32/12044_2.png) [@Vikash\_Madhow](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Vikash_Madhow)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2019, 4:24pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-1-2-0-and-unicode-character-in-windows-10/29697/10 "2019-12-29T16:24:21Z")

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The Hack open source font ([Hack | A typeface designed for source code](https://sourcefoundry.org/hack/)) worked for me.