UILabel, UIFont and UTF-8 Triangle

Question

I'd like to use "BLACK RIGHT-POINTING TRIANGLE" (U+25B6) as a part of my UILabel's text. The label uses the system font (UIFont's systemFontOfSize:). The problem is that my triangle is rendered as a fancy image, not a "black right-pointing triangle". Is it possible to see the plain version?

Answer 1

Based on:

Unicode characters being drawn differently in iOS5

iOS 6 supports Unicode 6.1's variation selector, in this case \U0000FE0E. To answer my own question:

@"\U000025B6" // a fancy triangle (mapped to Emoji)
@"\U000025B6\U0000FE0E" // black right-pointing triangle

For more information check: http://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode6.1.0/

Thanks @martin-r and @ACB, I wouldn't be able to figure this out without your hints!