How to use a graphic font

[Ricki]

I have a font which has graphic symbols that I what to use in Excel.
The font works perfectly in Word, but in Excel it displays the font letter instead of the symbol that is assigned to that letter in the font file.
How can I get Excel to display the symbol that is assigned to that letter?

 

[shg]

Select the cells of interest, and then select the font from the dropdown on the Home tab?

 

[Ricki]

Select the cells of interest, and then select the font from the dropdown on the Home tab?

I already did that.
Different fonts with letters work just find, but the ones with symbols (or graphics) do not. They just show the regular letter not what is assigned to them.