unicode not working in nvarchar column

we are using sqlanywhere 12, I am trying to get some unicode characters displaying in our app

to start I though i would get it working in isql first

SELECT DB_PROPERTY( 'NcharCharSet' ); = 'UTF-8'

SELECT CONNECTION_PROPERTY( 'NcharCharSet' ); = 'UTF-8';

I have defined a column in the table as nvarchar(100);

If I insert something via isql into the table, for example

insert into mytable (mycol) values ('pokēmon go');

Select via isql, the nvchar columns are in a different font

and the accents are shown as spaces

What am I doing wrong?