How to print out ellipsis in console?

Question

The problem is simple:

Console.WriteLine("…");  // Unicode ellipsis U+2026, not three periods

Is shown in console as:

How to print it out correctly? Is it possible?

PS: Visual Studio 2017, Console Application, Raster Fonts in console window.

What font do you use on your console? Each font might display the same unicode character differently — Vikhram, Jul 27 '17 at 18:22
Related (not a dupe): https://stackoverflow.com/questions/379240/is-there-a-windows-command-shell-that-will-display-unicode-characters — , Jul 27 '17 at 18:22
In `Unicode` it is shown.`Console.OutputEncoding = Encoding.Unicode;` — George Alexandria, Jul 27 '17 at 18:23

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 27 '17 at 18:24

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You first need to change the encoding on the Console

Console.OutputEncoding = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8;

Then you can write it out

Console.WriteLine("\u2026");

or your version

Console.WriteLine("…");

answered Jul 27 '17 at 18:24

Yuriy Faktorovich

It will print out some crazy stuff: Иж – eocron Jul 27 '17 at 18:26
@eocron I just tried it, the output is as expected, what else are you doing? – Yuriy Faktorovich Jul 27 '17 at 18:27
Nothing. Just two lines in Main method. The first you wrote and the second and third. – eocron Jul 27 '17 at 18:28
@eocron could it be because you have other fonts loaded or .Net is different in Russia? Check the UTF8 reference, this works in the English version. – Yuriy Faktorovich Jul 27 '17 at 18:31
Yeap, it was problem related to font. Raster Fonts is what given me the pain (I restarted example with other font predefined). Thanks! – eocron Jul 27 '17 at 18:35

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