TextArea uses Chinese characters

Please excuse me if the special characters appear as ?s.
I have an application that has a TextArea component (AWT), but whenever I enter a special character using ALT+number on numeric keypad to enter a special character, it puts in Chinese characters! For example, I would usually use ALT+0225 for � and ALT+0233 for �, but I get a different Chinese character or some box character. It's different each time I type a ASCII keycode. I tried using the frame's setLocale(Locale.getDefault()) method and the TextArea's setLocale(Locale.getDefault()) method, and only the first special character I enter when the program runs appears as a normal ASCII character. I never have this problem in my dialog boxes.
Someone please help me make a TextArea that uses ASCII special characters.

There aren't any "ASCII special characters". What you are probably thinking of is one of those character sets that claim to be "extended ASCII", of which there are many.
Java uses Unicode, a very extensive character set which contains ASCII as its first 127 positions. You can read about it here:
http://www.unicode.org/
In particular, have a look at the code charts section to find the "special characters" you are interested in entering. Then download the Character Agent program from here:
http://www.bjondi.com/products/char_agent.db
I assume you are a Windows user? This program is a better, Unicode, version of the little Character Map utility that comes with Windows.
Finally, you'll need to make sure your TextArea is using a font that can render those characters you want to use.

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