>>Never worked with MapInfo, but for displaying special characters (like arrows, daggers, bullets and other weaponry) I'd usually have a label or a commandbutton, set its .fontname=Marlett or Wingdings or any other symbol font that has the appropriate arsenal, and type the characters one by one into its .caption, until it displayed what I wanted.
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>I use Character Map utility that comes with all versions of Windows and can be found either in Accessories or Accessories -> Sytem Tools.

That works for standard fonts, and the regular charsets. For Wingdings and other symbol fonts, I still have to use the trial-and-error way.