Silverlight always places Trademark symbol at start

Question

I am putting into the TextBlock some text with trademark (TM): "Some text™"

But text block shows (TM) sign at start - "™Some text"!

How can I show (TM) sign in the place where I put it in the string?

P/S: It looks unbelievable but it's true)

Only use FlowDirection = RightToLeft if you write Arabic or Hewbrew text in the box. — Hans Passant, Feb 14 '12 at 09:46
It is RightToLeft. Problem only with (TM) other small unicode symbols are showing fine. — Alexander Molodih, Feb 14 '12 at 09:49
@AlexanderMolodih Why are you using right-to-left on English text? — CodesInChaos, Feb 14 '12 at 09:51
Try "[hello]world" for more fun. It is just an inappropriate setting for English text. Use TextAlignment instead. — Hans Passant, Feb 14 '12 at 09:54
@HansPassant Thanks. It looks like I really don't need it. Place your answer and I'll mark it as answer. — Alexander Molodih, Feb 14 '12 at 10:13

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 14 '12 at 09:47

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Why not use

<TextBlock Text="Some Text"/><TextBlock Text="™"/>

answered Feb 14 '12 at 09:47

Digvijay

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That's an ugly workaround. It's certainly better to fix the original problem, if that's possible. – CodesInChaos Feb 14 '12 at 09:49
It seems from another thread on Stackoverflow: The size of the ® symbol varies with the font being used. Some fonts draw it as a superscript others draw it as a standard character. For example the "Lucida Sans Unicode" font treats it like a Superscript where as the "Lucida Grande" font draws it like a normal character. Hence you need to be careful which font you use to render it. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1813645/displaying-symbol-in-silverlight – Digvijay Feb 14 '12 at 09:49
Generally I am getting this string from server, and this symbol can be everywhere. I've simplified my issue for this question – Alexander Molodih Feb 14 '12 at 09:51
then try using a different font. maybe that would help! – Digvijay Feb 14 '12 at 09:57

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 15 '12 at 08:40

Silverlight 5 :

Following will work with Silverlight 5 with Typography Support..

<TextBlock>
    <Run Text="Some Text..!!"
     Typography.Variants="Normal" />
    <Run Text="TM"
         Typography.Variants="Superscript" />     
 </TextBlock>

Go to following link for more on Open Type Support in Silverlight 5.. http://10rem.net/blog/2011/09/02/silverlight-5-and-wpf-4-opentype-support

Silverlight 4 :

No direct support for typography in Silverlight 4 but it can be achieved for few numbers and basic arithmetic. For which you can check following link on Silverlight Forums..

http://forums.silverlight.net/t/64169.aspx/1

Thanks..

Silverlight always places Trademark symbol at start

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