Python wrong output of currency symbol on server

Question

I want to display currencies using a really simple python script:

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import sys
import logging

if __name__ == '__main__':
    print('€')

On my local computer, everything works fine when I run the script with powershell.

If I run the same script on my Windows Server 2008 however, the output is a question mark (?).

I tried all solutions from this answer without success: https://stackoverflow.com/a/39936499/4437149.

Since im new to python I cant figure out whats exactly wrong.

Is there something missing in my script or any server misconfiguration? Im using the newest version of python (currently 3.8.0).

Your terminal does not support or is not set to UTF-8 encoding. — Klaus D., Nov 13 '19 at 21:59

Pedro Lobito · Accepted Answer · 2019-11-14T19:24:11.420

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Update:

Setting the terminal font to "Lucida Console" seems to be the solution.

Old Answer:

On windows, you may want to use an escape sequence (aka Python source code, aka code point), i.e.:

print("\u20AC") # Euro
print("\u0024") # Dollar
print("\u00A3") # Pound
print("\u00A5") # Yen

€
$
£
¥

References:

edited Nov 14 '19 at 19:24

answered Nov 13 '19 at 22:21

Pedro Lobito

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The solution was to set the font of the terminal to "Lucida Console". Then the characters showed up with your example above. – Marlon Nov 14 '19 at 18:07
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Glad you sorted out! – Pedro Lobito Nov 14 '19 at 19:22

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