# KirbyText edge case help **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions\ **Tags:** v2\ **Created:** [June 28, 2016, 12:41pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/kirbytext-edge-case-help/4546 "2016-06-28T12:41:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Thiousi](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/thiousi/32/13656_2.png) [@Thiousi](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/Thiousi)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2016, 12:41pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/kirbytext-edge-case-help/4546/1 "2016-06-28T12:41:07Z")
Hello! I’ve run into a nasty edge case with KirbyText… Here’s what I need for one single line of text that is entered via a textarea in a structure field: - Line should start with a \* but not be transformed to a bullet point - The text of the line should be italic - The first leter of the text should be bold Which in my textarea would look like that: \*\* **T** esting this\* I works on Discourse but not here with the following tests (the first one is the working example in Discourse): ``` **** T**esting this* ****T** esting this* * * **T** esting this* ``` ---
**Author:** ![texnixe](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/texnixe/32/5754_2.png) [@texnixe](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/texnixe)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2016, 12:44pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/kirbytext-edge-case-help/4546/2 "2016-06-28T12:44:30Z")
You need to escape the asterisk if you want a literal character: [https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax#backslash](https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax#backslash) ---
**Author:** ![Thiousi](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/thiousi/32/13656_2.png) [@Thiousi](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/Thiousi)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2016, 12:59pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/kirbytext-edge-case-help/4546/3 "2016-06-28T12:59:55Z")
Thanks @texnixe. I obviously didn’t think of that! ---
**Author:** ![distantnative](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/distantnative/32/11319_2.png) [@distantnative](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/distantnative)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2025, 4:57pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/kirbytext-edge-case-help/4546/4 "2025-02-06T16:57:38Z")