# Println() prints incorrect text

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/println-prints-incorrect-text/30614>\
**Category:** Processing\
**Created:** [June 9, 2021, 11:32pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/println-prints-incorrect-text/30614 "2021-06-09T23:32:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![lzo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/lzo/32/13591_2.png) [@lzo](https://discourse.processing.org/u/lzo)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2021, 11:32pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/println-prints-incorrect-text/30614/1 "2021-06-09T23:32:00Z")

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Hello all,  
Running processing 3.5.4 under Window 10, println() prints incorrect text to the console. For example

```auto
void setup(){
println("XYZ!");
}

```

produces the following output:

```auto
VWX/

```

I chose ‘XYZ’ because I noticed that the characters were ‘downshifted’ two letters down the ascii table (Z became X), thus A or B won’t appear as letters in the console.

I have deleted and reinstalled processing. Any tips? I just don’t know what to do here.

Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![lzo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/lzo/32/13591_2.png) [@lzo](https://discourse.processing.org/u/lzo)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2021, 11:37pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/println-prints-incorrect-text/30614/2 "2021-06-09T23:37:48Z")

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I just tried the same code on a mac (OS 10.14.15) and got _correct_ text in the console.

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**Author:** ![glv](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/glv/32/18785_2.png) [@glv](https://discourse.processing.org/u/glv)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 4:00pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/println-prints-incorrect-text/30614/4 "2021-06-10T16:00:22Z")

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Hello,

Works on my W10:

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/processingfoundation1/original/2X/9/956133b7b9a2ffe6299638498731d7761ef88ac7.png)

This is the font I am using:

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/processingfoundation1/original/2X/9/973323a5d63ecbc43667b86363e8d1ce0270597f.png)

Which console font you are using?

Try a different console font.

`:)`

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**Author:** ![lzo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/lzo/32/13591_2.png) [@lzo](https://discourse.processing.org/u/lzo)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2021, 7:33pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/println-prints-incorrect-text/30614/5 "2021-06-18T19:33:14Z")

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Thank you! Much to my astonishment, changing fonts worked! I tried another font as well, Courier Prime, I think, and that also worked. But Source Code Pro does not. Weird that the font is the problem, but at least Processing is working correctly.