# Format of a description field is changing

**URL:** <https://community.fibery.io/t/format-of-a-description-field-is-changing/4113>\
**Category:** Bugs & Issues\
**Created:** [March 10, 2023, 11:49am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/format-of-a-description-field-is-changing/4113 "2023-03-10T11:49:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Marloes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/marloes/32/5926_2.png) [@Marloes](https://community.fibery.io/u/Marloes)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 11:49am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/format-of-a-description-field-is-changing/4113/1 "2023-03-10T11:49:54Z")

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Hi, I’m not sure if this is a bug, but don’t know where else to put it.

I’ve built an automation to populate a Rich text field with a preset template. I noticed that the visual layout of the text changes after templating.

_Before_

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/fibery/original/2X/d/d05f68dfffa1211040aa2ed17d9c998d9c49b090.png)

_After_

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/fibery/original/2X/4/4356ad146d6c01b4cf1c1e25cc749a4eefa27a2c.png)

It would be great if the layout (spaces, Emphasis in text, colors, etc.) doesn’t get effected. Would that be possible?

Kind regards.

Marloes

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**Author:** ![Matt\_Blais](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/matt_blais/32/1464_2.png) [@Matt\_Blais](https://community.fibery.io/u/Matt_Blais)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 3:17pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/format-of-a-description-field-is-changing/4113/2 "2023-03-10T15:17:40Z")

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Text highlight colors (and some other aspects of formatting) in Rich Text fields are encoded in the HTML representation of the text; the Markdown version is missing this formatting.

When you are using Javascript, be sure to retrieve and set RTF fields as **HTML** , not **MD**.