Encoding ASCII and Unicode Characters

This C# program demonstrates how to encode ASCII and Unicode (UTF-16) characters and display them via the console window.

Program.cs

using System;
using System.Text;

namespace XoaX {
    class Program {
        static void Main(string[] args) {
            Console.WriteLine("ASCII - 1 byte per character");
            Console.WriteLine("ASCII: Forward Slash: 0x2F -> \x2F");
            Console.WriteLine("ASCII: At Symbol: 0x40 -> \x40");
            Console.WriteLine();

            Console.WriteLine("Unicode - 2 bytes per character");
            Console.WriteLine("Unicode UTF-16: At Symbol: 0x0040 -> \u0040");
            Console.WriteLine("Unicode UTF-16: Capital Pi: 0x03A0 -> \u03A0");
            Console.WriteLine();

            Console.WriteLine("Some characters do not display in the current encoding.");
            Console.WriteLine("Unicode UTF-16: Latin Small Letter ESH: 0x0283 -> \u0283");
            Console.WriteLine();

            Console.OutputEncoding = Encoding.Unicode;
            Console.WriteLine("They do get displayed with a different encoding.");
            Console.WriteLine("Unicode UTF-16: Latin Small Letter ESH: 0x0283 -> \u0283");
        }
    }
}

Output

ASCII - 1 byte per character
ASCII: Forward Slash: 0x2F -> /
ASCII: At Symbol: 0x40 -> @

Unicode - 2 bytes per character
Unicode UTF-16: At Symbol: 0x0040 -> @
Unicode UTF-16: Capital Pi: 0x03A0 -> Π
Some characters do not display in the current encoding.
Unicode UTF-16: Latin Small Letter ESH: 0x0283 -> ?

They do get displayed with a different encoding.
Unicode UTF-16: Latin Small Letter ESH: 0x0283 -> ʃ
Press any key to continue . . .