Pdf form text field

Hello there,
if text contain "(" or ")" brakets are not displaying in PDF textfiled,if i convert "(" to "[" then the text is displaying in the pdf textfield.how do I allow "(" inside text.and i'm creating pdf programatically in java.
thanks in advance

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i'm trying add text to textfield in PDF programatically using java.
if text contain "(" or ")" brakets are not displaying in PDF textfiled,if i convert "(" to "[" then the text is displaying in the pdf textfield.how do I allow "(" inside text.and i'm creating pdf programatically in java.
thanks in advance

hi there,
finally I figer out the problem that was causing,
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