Because VFP 9 uses Unicode to render characters in a report, you actually can do this in a report, Eric.
In the following example, the text file contains the unicode characters that you want. For example, you say you got them from the charmap in Windows, so paste them into a TXT file using Notepad. At least in XP (haven't tried with other OS versions), Notepad understands Unicode. This will provide the unicode results you're after in the report output.
I am not sure how you could do the equivalent in a textbox.
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ox = CREATEOBJECT("rl")
REPORT FORM ? object ox next 1
DEFINE CLASS rl as ReportListener
ListenerType = 1
PROCEDURE Render(;
nFRXRecno, nLeft, nTop, nWidth, ;
nHeight, nObjectContinuationType, ;
cContentsToBeRendered, ;
GDIPlusImage)
DODEFAULT(;
nFRXRecno, nLeft, nTop, nWidth, ;
nHeight, nObjectContinuationType, ;
FILETOSTR("c:\temp\Unicode.txt"), ;
GDIPlusImage)
NODEFAULT
ENDPROC
ENDDEFINE