Hi all,

i have no idea why this example doesn't work as expected:

#!/usr/bin/env perl                                                   
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use warnings;
use strict;
use charnames qw(:full);

binmode STDOUT, ":utf8";

print chr(
    charnames::vianame(
        qq(MUSIC FLAT SIGN))
    ) . qq(\n);

print chr(
    charnames::vianame(
        qq(GREEK CAPITAL LETTER DELTA))
    ) . qq(\n);

__END__

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On my box Δ is printed and ♭ not (LANG=de_DE.UTF-8).

Update: If i switch my Console font to Apple Symbol it works:

my $flat = chr( charnames::vianame(qq(MUSIC FLAT SIGN)) );

print qq(b$flat);

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b♭

Observation: If i paste this output from Console to TextEdit and select any available font it is displayed correct. Things It's getting weird...

Thanks for any hint and best regards, Karl

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In reply to char names: why can i print GREEK CAPITAL LETTER DELTA but not MUSIC FLAT SIGN? by karlgoethebier

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