Some characters are not displayed correctly if you use an East Asian vertical font (such as Japanese @MS Mincho) in Windows 8. Specifically, the characters are unexpectedly rotated 90 degrees.
For example, the following Unicode characters have this problem.
For example, the following Unicode characters have this problem.
| Character(s) | Code |
|---|---|
| ‐ | U+2010 |
| ― | U+2015 |
| ‘ | U+2018 |
| ’ | U+2019 |
| ‥ | U+2025 |
| … | U+2026 |
| → | U+2192 |
| ← | U+2190 |
| ↑ | U+2191 |
| ↓ | U+2193 |
| ∥ | U+2225 |
| ─ ━│┃┄ ┅ ┆ ┇ ┈ ┉ ┊ ┋ ┌ ┍ ┎ ┏ | U+250x |
| ┐ ┑ ┒ ┓ └ ┕ ┖ ┗ ┘ ┙ ┚ ┛ ├ ┝ ┞ ┟ | U+251x |
| ┠ ┡ ┢ ┣ ┤ ┥ ┦ ┧ ┨ ┩ ┪ ┫ ┬ ┭ ┮ ┯ | U+252x |
| ┰ ┱ ┲ ┳ ┴ ┵ ┶ ┷ ┸ ┹ ┺ ┻ ┼ ┽ ┾ ┿ | U+253x |
| ╀ ╁ ╂ ╃ ╄ ╅ ╆ ╇ ╈ ╉ ╊ ╋ ╌ ╍ ╎ ╏ | U+254x |
| ═ ║ ╒ ╓ ╔ ╕ ╖ ╗ ╘ ╙ ╚ ╛ ╜ ╝ ╞ ╟ | U+255x |
| ╠ ╡ ╢ ╣ ╤ ╥ ╦ ╧ ╨ ╩ ╪ ╫ ╬ ╭ ╮ ╯ | U+256x |
| ╰ ╱ ╲ ╳ ╴ ╵ ╶ ╷ ╸ ╹ ╺ ╻ ╼ ╽ ╾ ╿ | U+257x |