The most basic way to display text is to use the `Text` composable with a
`String` as an argument:


```kotlin
@Composable
fun SimpleText() {
    Text("Hello World")
}
```

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![The words](https://developer.android.com/static/develop/ui/compose/images/text-plain.png)

## Display text from resource

We recommend you use [string resources](https://developer.android.com/develop/ui/compose/resources.md.txt#strings)
instead of hardcoding `Text` values, as you can share the same strings with your
Android Views as well as preparing your app for internationalization:


```kotlin
@Composable
fun StringResourceText() {
    Text(stringResource(R.string.hello_world))
}
```

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- [Display emoji](https://developer.android.com/develop/ui/compose/text/emoji.md.txt)