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NB I have looked at other questions on this topic. In particular, this answer works fine to produce the symbol there ("Rs"), and other characters, such as East Asian ideograms, also work fine.

NB this is Word 2007. If you find that the above-linked method works for you for the character I need (see below), with a newer version of Word, that would be of interest to know about.

The character I need is ⏑, Metrical Breve, Unicode 23D1 (9169 decimal), from the Miscellaneous Technical block.

I can produce this in the file, manually, using this method:

  • ensure Num Lock is on
  • hold down Alt key
  • using the numeric keypad, type +09169
  • release Alt key

... but to date I can find no way whatsoever to incorporate this into a working Word 2007 macro: ChrW(&H23D1&) gets printed as a generic "Don't recognise this" block (small rectangle).

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  • `Selection.TypeText ChrW(&H23D1)` is properly working with Word 2019, font `Segoe UI Symbol` – Алексей Р May 30 '21 at 09:20
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    In my Windows 10, the only fonts capable to render the `⏑` _Metrical Breve_ are `Segoe UI Symbol`, `Unifont` and `Unifont CSUR`. – JosefZ May 30 '21 at 09:32
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    Your macro needs to apply a font that includes the symbol you want. IIRC`Segoe UI Symbol` was introduced with Windows 8. – Timothy Rylatt May 30 '21 at 10:43
  • Thanks... yes, I examined the font of Metrical Breve input manually and to my surprise, since it was input into a run of Consolas text, this has the font "MS Mincho". If I try the macro with `ChrW(&H23D1&)` in the middle of a run of "MS Mincho" text, it does indeed input the thing correctly. So it appears to be a question of what particular fonts are and are not capable of... – mike rodent May 30 '21 at 10:45

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