# Plotly Scatter Text Special Character

**URL:** <https://community.plotly.com/t/plotly-scatter-text-special-character/68041>\
**Category:** 📊 Plotly Python\
**Created:** [September 17, 2022, 8:56am UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/plotly-scatter-text-special-character/68041 "2022-09-17T08:56:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![tphil10](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/community.plotly.com/tphil10/32/19868_2.png) [@tphil10](https://community.plotly.com/u/tphil10)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 2:41pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/plotly-scatter-text-special-character/68041/4 "2022-09-18T14:41:56Z")

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Hmm yea i see the same thing, I’m not sure this can be done that way but i’m still tinkering with it.  
One post from a bit ago got it working using the unicode version of some icons:

[https://community.plotly.com/t/i-want-to-use-custom-icon-for-the-scatter-markers-how-to-do-it/6644](https://community.plotly.com/t/i-want-to-use-custom-icon-for-the-scatter-markers-how-to-do-it/6644)

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