# Unicode arrow - display in text box

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/unicode-arrow-display-in-text-box/236671>\
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**Created:** [August 22, 2007, 6:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/unicode-arrow-display-in-text-box/236671 "2007-08-22T18:30:55Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 6:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/unicode-arrow-display-in-text-box/236671/1 "2007-08-22T18:30:55Z")

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Hey,  
I am assigned a text box through AS some text and I sometimes need that text to contain a unicode character. Actually, U+27A1 is the unicode for it. So how do I make flash realize that it’s meant to interrupt that as unicode instead of just plain text?