unicode works! lazarus / 9-Editor ---------------------------------------------------------------------- inky ยท 2005-02-04 08:11 this way : (sylfaen is miscrosoft unicode font, that contains armenian and russian characters and it 's name under linux is 'SylfaenARM';) procedure TForm1.Form1Create(Sender: TObject); begin Form1.Font.Name := 'SylfaenARM'; Label1.Font.Name := 'SylfaenARM'; Label1.Text := #$D0#$9F#$D1#$80#$D0#$B8#$D0#$B2#$D0#$B5#$D1#$82; it will show russian 'hello' word [/img]