Currency symbol is not displaying in console window

Question

I am trying to print amount with currency symbol in console window:

string cultureCode = "hi-IN";//"it-IT";
decimal amount = 123.54M;
CultureInfo cultureInfo = new CultureInfo(cultureCode);    
string strAmout=String.Format(cultureInfo, "{0:C}",amount);

Console.OutputEncoding = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8;

Console.WriteLine(strAmout);

Amount is displaying correctly in watch window but not in console window.

Answer 1

The encoding you're using for your output might not include those currency symbols.

try setting the output encoding of your console to one that supports the currency symbol :

Console.OutputEncoding = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8

Answer 2

It is by design.

Console window is displayed using some special font (Lucida Console, Consolas and so on).
That font not necessary has symbol for your currency, so that symbol can be displayed incorrectly.

UPDATE

According to this link, rupee sign is not supported in Lucida Console font.

According to this link, it is supported in Consolas font.