Font Glyphs in Browsers - css

Dear stackoverflow Users,
im trying to use a Glyph of a Font on my Website. I want to place "↗ produkte", but the Browser displays The Arrow up as a blue Icon.
What it looks like right now:
Blue Arrow
What i want to Archive, is that the browser displays the arrow of the font kit: Font Arrow
Do you now a Way to archive that? I could place it as a SVG image in the p Tag but is there a Way to Use the Glyph ↗ in the p Tag too?
Thanks!

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