tries to figure out. a way to fix that

which osx are you running?

the latest, os x

10.9.0 or 10.9.1?

(haha don't mind me, this is actually my day job, I'm trying to see if i can remember any bugs like this)

if you're seeing colorful emjoji instead of text stuff it's the new default of mac

keywords 10.9.1

similitude nah just like certain symbols are appearing as boxes rather than the symbol

yeah i just don't know how to fix that 8|a

Usually you have to install a language pack

uhm. crap i need to head to bed but
apple icon > system prefs > keyboard > input sources > check the input menu button

if you add the symbols via that do they show up properly in the text or not?

(trying to do this from the top of my head, i miss my work mac suddenly)

okay they show up in text docs and not chrome so i guess it's a chrome issue

which. i can fix later

but thanks for your help keywords!