# Funny character being displayed
**URL:** https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/funny-character-being-displayed/42434
**Category:** Hosting Support
**Created:** [March 4, 2021, 5:39pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/funny-character-being-displayed/42434 "2021-03-04T17:39:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Shermans](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/Shermans)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2021, 5:39pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/funny-character-being-displayed/42434/1 "2021-03-04T17:39:33Z")
Can anyone explain why my website on Infinityfree displays the £ sign as A circumflex £ - in other words £ ?
It does not happen when I open the website offline in its original format, only after it is uploaded. I have tried deleting the text through FTP, clearing the browser and then uploading the file again, but it makes no difference. It also makes no difference whether I am using Chrome or Microsoft Edge. All the Pound signs display as “£”.
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### Author:  [@anon19508339](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/anon19508339)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2021, 5:42pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/funny-character-being-displayed/42434/2 "2021-03-04T17:42:07Z")
You should use the `` inside the element.
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### Author:  [@Shermans](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/Shermans)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2021, 5:51pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/funny-character-being-displayed/42434/3 "2021-03-04T17:51:05Z")
Thanks a lot. That fixed it !
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### Author:  [@anon19508339](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/anon19508339)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2021, 5:53pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/funny-character-being-displayed/42434/4 "2021-03-04T17:53:50Z")
Feel free to mark my answer as solution if my answer has fixed your issues.
To explain why i suggested you that code, it tells browser to read the text in utf8 format, the default ones renders regular-english characters properly but not other characters.
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### Author:  [@Thewebuser22](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/Thewebuser22)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2021, 7:09pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/funny-character-being-displayed/42434/5 "2021-03-04T19:09:31Z")
I actually had that problem, too.
A smiley face will show up as characters if you don’t have the `` tag.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2021, 7:09pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/funny-character-being-displayed/42434/6 "2021-03-19T19:09:37Z")
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