# Some textfields show a weird symbol when the text contains certain emojis

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**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [January 4, 2023, 6:35pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/some-textfields-show-a-weird-symbol-when-the-text-contains-certain-emojis/26012 "2023-01-04T18:35:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![andi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/andi/32/807_2.png) [@andi](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/andi)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 6:35pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/some-textfields-show-a-weird-symbol-when-the-text-contains-certain-emojis/26012/1 "2023-01-04T18:35:05Z")

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I just updated from Anki Desktop 2.1.49 to 2.1.55 on a Mac and noticed that some textfields show a weird symbol when the text contains certain emojis.

Here are some examples:

- _Note_ and _Deck_ columns in the Browser:  

- Note type window:  

- Decks section in the sidebar:  

To sum it up: At least the following emojis cause weird problems: ⚗ ▶ ➡ while other emojis work.

I can confirm that this was not an issue on Anki Desktop 2.1.49. Also on the iOS app everything works fine.

Note: This is not an issue with the actual content of the cards. Here all the problematic emojis work fine, as far as I can see.

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**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 5:36am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/some-textfields-show-a-weird-symbol-when-the-text-contains-certain-emojis/26012/2 "2023-01-05T05:36:17Z")

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Looks like a toolkit issue; this may be resolved when a new version comes out in a few weeks.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2023, 5:36am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/some-textfields-show-a-weird-symbol-when-the-text-contains-certain-emojis/26012/3 "2023-02-04T05:36:20Z")

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