title: Add currency symbols to `TextBlock`
body: <p>I'm working on a Windows Phone 8 app where I just need to show currency Symbol in a textBlock either in <code>XAML</code> or via programmatically. To obtain such I've to use <code>Unicode Characters</code>.
  But while using this statement</p>
  
  <pre><code>    &lt;TextBlock Text="&amp;#xf01;"/&gt; //I Got some characters but using
      &lt;TextBlock Text="&amp;#xf001;"/&gt; //I got a square box
      //Note: &amp;#xf001; or &amp;#xf01; is not a currency symbol
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>So my question is how to add currency Symbol like <code>$</code> <code>Yen</code>,<code>Indian Rupee</code>, etc. using XAML or C#, I tried a lot so far but do not get success. Any answer will be appreciated.  </p>
  
  <p>Thanks</p>