# FileMaker Unicode Issue **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions\ **Tags:** community\ **Created:** [August 4, 2023, 6:08pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/filemaker-unicode-issue/3654 "2023-08-04T18:08:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![OliverBarrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@OliverBarrett](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/OliverBarrett)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2023, 6:08pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/filemaker-unicode-issue/3654/1 "2023-08-04T18:08:59Z")
From the FileMaker ODBC/JDBC manual, it states: "For the Multi-byte text encoding option, select System (MacRoman) or select UTF-8. For example, some applications such as Microsoft Excel may expect text to be encoded using the System encoding, but web applications may expect text to be encoded using UTF-8 encoding. If the application expects a specific encoding but this option specifies a different encoding, then the application may display some characters incorrectly. **FileMaker software supports UTF-8 multibyte characters consisting of up to three bytes.**" My question is a graphic like a "heart" (or similar characters) supported in a text field with ODBC/JDBC? ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fmsoup/original/2X/a/a2979d5a0d365dece93dcd3e05da708e280ac0f1.jpeg) Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Malcolm](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/the.fmsoup.org/malcolm/32/196_2.png) [@Malcolm](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/Malcolm)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2023, 7:57pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/filemaker-unicode-issue/3654/2 "2023-08-04T19:57:03Z")
Each of the two digit hexadecimal numbers in the unicode string is a byte: 27 64 FE 0F. More info about Unicode and bytes in a human friendly format here: [https://www.w3.org/International/articles/definitions-characters/](https://www.w3.org/International/articles/definitions-characters/) Malcolm