# Help please - Font characters don't work

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**Created:** [August 30, 2004, 6:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-please-font-characters-dont-work/121076 "2004-08-30T18:09:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 6:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-please-font-characters-dont-work/121076/1 "2004-08-30T18:09:30Z")

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I’ve just upgraded to MX 2004 and tried to type in an extended character but it just won’t work. I usually do this by using Character Map to find the symbol I want, copy and paste. In this case it’s WingDings 3 Char 0xCB, an arrow.

In Flash it looks like this: Ë.

I’ve tried Dynamic, Static Input and actually importing the font, yet none will give me the right character.

I wound up pasting it into Freehand then converting it to an object there, then copied and pasted into Flash. Not an ideal workflow, especially as it worked fine in MX