diff --git a/3rdparty/fonts/fnt.cxx b/3rdparty/fonts/fnt.cxx
index 9aca71e..cd4a1de 100644
--- a/3rdparty/fonts/fnt.cxx
+++ b/3rdparty/fonts/fnt.cxx
@@ -291,6 +291,20 @@ void fntTexFont::puts ( sgVec3 curpos, float pointsize, float italic, const char
     }
     else
 
+      if ( (cc & 0XE0) == 0XE0) {
+        int x = (cc & 0X0F) << 4;
+        //SG_LOG(SG_GUI,SG_ALERT, "UTF8 cc<<4 " << x);
+        cc =  (unsigned char) *(s++) ;
+        //SG_LOG(SG_GUI,SG_ALERT, "UTF81 cc=" << cc);
+        x= x + ((cc & 0x3C) >>2 ) ;
+        int y = (cc & 0x03) << 6 ;
+        cc =  (unsigned char) *(s++) ;
+        //SG_LOG(SG_GUI,SG_ALERT, "UTF82 cc=" << cc);
+        y= y + (cc & 0x3F);
+        //SG_LOG(SG_GUI,SG_ALERT, "x=" << x << ",y=" << y);
+        cc = x * 256 + y;
+        //SG_LOG(SG_GUI,SG_ALERT, "UTF8 cc=" << cc);
+      }
 
       SG_LOG(SG_GUI,SG_ALERT, "lputs->ow_putch " << cc);