yep...I am using WIN98, and I set the font I used to "symbol" and tried to make a non-sideways smiley....but it didn't give me the symbols it said it would...and I didn't have time to struggle with it.....

here is what I was looking at when I tried.

This is a program I use to display the characters in the installed fonts. (I can't find it on the WWW right now, but there are others which will do similar things..I just got a new one and will post it here if it works)