re: The ?? is supposed to be Step 1, Step 2 , etc...
For either of those "Step..." Paragraph Formats, in Paragraph Designer, Numbering tab, what is specified in Autonumber Format: ? And Character Format:
I would expect it to look something like:
[Step\ <n+>\t ] and Character Format: [Default ¶ Font] where "Step" are simple literal characters "\ " is mark-up for a non-breaking space (optional) "<n+>" is an increment-count FM Building Block "\t" is mark-up for a Tab character (as desired)
This is now looking less like a font/Unicode problem, and more like something else. What version of FM by the way?