[1.7.10] Using text symbols in tooltips?

[Ms_Raven]

I want to use symbols in some items' tooltips to represent the elements and special effects of weapons I'm adding but they appear significantly smaller than they do in out-of-Minecraft text.

All extra symbols (stars, hearts, music notes, etc) appear in a significantly smaller font size and are slightly superscript in tooltips. Even when running Minecraft on a large TV I have trouble seeing what the symbols are.

 

For example, I want the enchantability of items to be displayed with a star next to them (like "☆10" on a Diamond Sword).

However, what shows up is more like "^☆10".

 

This is what I'm using (in the ItemTooltipEvent so I can add to Vanilla items):

event.toolTip.add(EnumChatFormatting.BLUE + "☆ " + item.getItemEnchantability());

 

 

Is there any way to fix this?

[larsgerrits]

I tried to use some special characters like those a while ago, and I figured it is because it is because of the unicode font Minecraft uses is smaller than the 'normal' font for Minecraft. I couldn't figure out a solution, so I just gave up on using them.