I have tried outputting Unicode characters to cmd.exe. I have the font of cmd windows set to Lucinda. I've tried this: 
binmode(STDOUT, ":utf8");
system('chcp 65001');
print "\x{016B} \n";
print "£ \n";

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This is saved in a perl program in a UTF-8 encoded file. I have run this and this is the output I get on the screen: 
Active code page: 65001
ū

£

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Why am I getting that "Â" before the pound sign? Any ideas how to fix it? Note that the ū *does* appear correctly as a u with a bar, but it won't display in this post. Tom

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