# Tamil letters showing as Junk 'Boxes'
**URL:** https://forum.xbench.net/t/tamil-letters-showing-as-junk-boxes/735
**Category:** Technical Support
**Created:** [February 18, 2021, 9:39am UTC](https://forum.xbench.net/t/tamil-letters-showing-as-junk-boxes/735 "2021-02-18T09:39:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@ivakya2020](https://forum.xbench.net/u/ivakya2020)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2021, 9:39am UTC](https://forum.xbench.net/t/tamil-letters-showing-as-junk-boxes/735/1 "2021-02-18T09:39:32Z")
Hello there,
I have been using ApSIC Xbench trial version 3.0.0 Build 1520 64-bit-edition(Tamil Language) and it shows target segment as Junk Characters(PFA) in the bottom.
This leaves us clueless about the what exactly the error is and where it is actually in a comparatively bigger target sentences. This consumes a lot of time.
**We are planning to move to the paid version within 5days, kindly help us solve this issue asap.**
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### Author:  [@omartin](https://forum.xbench.net/u/omartin)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2021, 10:09am UTC](https://forum.xbench.net/t/tamil-letters-showing-as-junk-boxes/735/2 "2021-02-18T10:09:45Z")
Right-click any segment and select Change Font. Select Arial Unicode as font and click OK.
Is the text at the details section displayed correctly?
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### Author:  [@ivakya2020](https://forum.xbench.net/u/ivakya2020)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2021, 10:34am UTC](https://forum.xbench.net/t/tamil-letters-showing-as-junk-boxes/735/3 "2021-02-18T10:34:07Z")
I see only ‘Arial’ font and there is no ‘Arial Unicode’ available. even after changing it to ‘Arial’, the text at the details section are not displayed correctly.
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### Author:  [@ivakya2020](https://forum.xbench.net/u/ivakya2020)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2021, 8:39am UTC](https://forum.xbench.net/t/tamil-letters-showing-as-junk-boxes/735/4 "2021-02-19T08:39:21Z")
Got it fixed. thank you!
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### Author:  [@003-HI\_0189](https://forum.xbench.net/u/003-HI_0189)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2021, 1:19pm UTC](https://forum.xbench.net/t/tamil-letters-showing-as-junk-boxes/735/5 "2021-06-28T13:19:45Z")
Hi ivakya2020,
I am getting the same issue with the text in Xbench, i.e. Hindi letters is showing as Junk ‘Boxes’. Please let me know how did you you fix it.
Thanks
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### Author:  [@ivakya2020](https://forum.xbench.net/u/ivakya2020)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2021, 10:29am UTC](https://forum.xbench.net/t/tamil-letters-showing-as-junk-boxes/735/6 "2021-06-29T10:29:27Z")
Hi 003-HI\_0189,
You can fix this by installing Arial Unicode font. pls find the steps below,
Step 1: Search and Download Arial Unicode font from web
(Ref link 1: [https://www.download-free-fonts.com/details/88978/arial-unicode-ms
](https://www.download-free-fonts.com/details/88978/arial-unicode-ms)Ref link 2:[https://img.download-free-fonts.com/dl.php?id=88978&hash=532483c3aad35ae706bf473ead4bba69](https://img.download-free-fonts.com/dl.php?id=88978&hash=532483c3aad35ae706bf473ead4bba69))
Note: I’m not sure whether there is any particular Arial unicode font we should download for ‘Hindi’
Step 2: Once downloaded, Install it by right clicking on it. You may select either ‘Install’ or ‘Install for all users’ as needed. You might need to enter the system’s ‘Administrator code’ if there is any - to start installing.
Step 3: Once it is installed, open MS word in your system and you will now see “Arial Unicode” in your MS ‘font list’
Ste 4: If you see it in MS, then open your Xbench → run any file → right click on any of the segment → Choose ‘Change Font’
Step 5: Then select ‘Arial unicode’ , set the style and size.
Now, you won’t be seeing any junk characters in Xbench.
Best!
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### Author:  [@003-HI\_0189](https://forum.xbench.net/u/003-HI_0189)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2021, 10:53am UTC](https://forum.xbench.net/t/tamil-letters-showing-as-junk-boxes/735/7 "2021-06-29T10:53:56Z")
Thank You Ivakya2020
I will try this.