Displaying special characters

so im using the following code (snippet):

Dim Retext As String
If num >= 39 And num <= 51 Then
Retext = System.Convert.ToChar(&H2660)
End If

Return Retext

to display the suits of cards for a poker simulation. This works just fine in Windows XP. When i run the executable, i can see the heart, spade, diamond, and clubs characters just fine.
However, when i run the same executable in Windows 2000, all i get is a bold pipe character.

Any reason why different versions of Windows would convert hex characters differently?

thanks

That is .NET code, but doesn't really matter of this question (or maybe it DOES).

have you tried checking Charmap (run-> charmap) and seeing if the character exists for it? Maybe the font is different.q

ran the charmap, and it shows up. the charmap shows:

U + 2660 : Black Spade Suit

so it looks like it should be able to be displayed, but for some reason it is not. I'm completely lost.

nevermind. i must be an idiot.

apparently, the default fone for lstBoxes is different between the 2 versions of windows, and the default font (SansSerif) in Windows2000 does not support those characters.

changin the text to TimesNewRoman did the trick. now i just have to force my code to always display the text in that format, and im golden.