diff --git a/client/src/utils/flowText.test.ts b/client/src/utils/flowText.test.ts
index 5abc9c8b6..d826dbdba 100644
--- a/client/src/utils/flowText.test.ts
+++ b/client/src/utils/flowText.test.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
 
 import { flowText, isRtlDocument } from './flowText';
 
-const FSI = '⁨';
-const PDI = '⁩';
+const FSI = '\u2068';
+const PDI = '\u2069';
 
 describe('flowText', () => {
   afterEach(() => {
diff --git a/client/src/utils/flowText.ts b/client/src/utils/flowText.ts
index 5da24867c..354157ea9 100644
--- a/client/src/utils/flowText.ts
+++ b/client/src/utils/flowText.ts
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
  * script the names are in, and the arrow points left, from the first name to
  * the second. A left-to-right UI gets the plain string.
  */
-const FSI = '⁨';
-const PDI = '⁩';
+const FSI = '\u2068';
+const PDI = '\u2069';
 
 export function isRtlDocument(): boolean {
   return typeof document !== 'undefined' && document.documentElement.dir === 'rtl';