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Can I output and display U + 2717 (BALLOT X) in the Windows console?

I am trying to output the Unicode character U + 2717 (BALLOT X) in a Windows console window from a C # program and have not succeeded. No combination of font, output encoding, or anything else seems to work. The font that I use by default (Consolas) can correctly display this character, since it uses the font that I use in Visual Studio, and Visual Studio displays the character correctly. The closest character, U + 2713 (CHECK MARK) is displayed correctly, so I think there is something specific with this character that prevents it from correctly displaying. What could it be?

Example (non-working) code:

System.Console.WriteLine("✗");

Also does not work (failure in the same way, that is, outputs "?"):

System.Console.WriteLine("\u2717");

I tried to set various output encodings:

System.Console.OutputEncoding = System.Text.Encoding.UTF32;
  • UTF32 ( .).
  • UTF8 ? ( Consolas).
  • UTF16 ? ( Consolas).
  • , ? . OutputEncoding SBCSCodePageEncoding.
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✗ Consolas Win7. , , ✗, Meiryo, Meiryo UI, MS Gothic, MS Mincho, MS PGothic, MS PMincho, MS UI Gothic Segoe. , Visual Studio MS Mincho, Consolas . Word - ✗ Word, Consolas.

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