Why would a text symbol work on mac but not on windows. ☆

Asked Apr 26 '21 at 03:58

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I have a JLabel that gets populated with stars and it only prints successfully on Mac, but when I run it on windows it gives me a bunch of gibberish. Instead of showing the star it looks like a foreign language character instead.

☆ ☆ This is the symbol I am trying to add to the JLabel.☆ ☆

edited Apr 26 '21 at 04:18

Andrew Thompson

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asked Apr 26 '21 at 03:58

NunyaBisnus

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This is typically and issue with the font – MadProgrammer Apr 26 '21 at 04:00
[This answer](https://stackoverflow.com/a/42335976/418556) shows how to find fonts that will display particular strings of characters. – Andrew Thompson Apr 26 '21 at 04:21
@AndrewThompson when I run the character threw the same code posted in that answer it gives "Impact" which is what I am using as a viable font however thats the font I was using and it wasn't working. – NunyaBisnus Apr 26 '21 at 04:32
I have Impact font installed. Post a [mre] & I'll try it. Should only take a handful of lines of code. – Andrew Thompson Apr 26 '21 at 06:59

Why would a text symbol work on mac but not on windows. ☆

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