# External text display problem

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-text-display-problem/202083>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [September 27, 2006, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-text-display-problem/202083 "2006-09-27T15:42:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![atokatim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bbe5ce/32.png) [@atokatim](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/atokatim)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-text-display-problem/202083/1 "2006-09-27T15:42:18Z")

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for some reason, when i load text that is pulled from MySql and send it to flash all apostrophies and dashes appear as squares. how do i fix that?