diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e27672ead..746ce56f2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   i.e. `(f(x))` would be parsed as `(f(x)`.
 - **#2116** Pressing the "/" key after an expression ending with a superscript would
   not recognize the left argument as a numerator.
+- **#2124** In text mode, some characters were incorrectly interpreted as a math command, for example `(` was interpreted as \lparen`. This could cause some interoperability issues.
 
 ### Improvements
 
diff --git a/src/addons/debug.ts b/src/addons/debug.ts
index 964840e3f..8452222e5 100644
--- a/src/addons/debug.ts
+++ b/src/addons/debug.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 import {
   LATEX_COMMANDS,
   MATH_SYMBOLS,
-  TEXT_SYMBOLS,
   ENVIRONMENTS,
 } from '../core-definitions/definitions';
 import { DEFAULT_KEYBINDINGS } from '../editor/keybindings-definitions';
@@ -16,7 +15,6 @@ import { getKeybindingMarkup } from '../editor/keybindings';
 const MathliveDebug = {
   FUNCTIONS: LATEX_COMMANDS,
   MATH_SYMBOLS,
-  TEXT_SYMBOLS,
   ENVIRONMENTS,
 
   DEFAULT_KEYBINDINGS,
diff --git a/src/core-definitions/definitions-utils.ts b/src/core-definitions/definitions-utils.ts
index d0df5a0fc..41f51460c 100644
--- a/src/core-definitions/definitions-utils.ts
+++ b/src/core-definitions/definitions-utils.ts
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ const DEFAULT_MACROS: MacroDictionary = {
 // Body-text symbols
 // See http://ctan.mirrors.hoobly.com/info/symbols/comprehensive/symbols-a4.pdf, p14
 
-export const TEXT_SYMBOLS: Record<string, number> = {
+const TEXT_SYMBOLS: Record<string, number> = {
   ' ': 0x0020,
   // want that in Text mode.
   '\\!': 0x0021,
@@ -566,11 +566,13 @@ export const TEXT_SYMBOLS: Record<string, number> = {
   '\\%': 0x0025,
   '\\&': 0x0026,
   '-': 0x002d, // In Math mode, '-' is substituted to U+2212, but we don't
-  '\\_': 0x005f,
+  '\\textunderscore': 0x005f, // '_'
   '\\euro': 0x20ac,
   '\\maltese': 0x2720,
   '\\{': 0x007b,
   '\\}': 0x007d,
+  '\\textbraceleft': 0x007b,
+  '\\textbraceright': 0x007d,
   '\\nobreakspace': 0x00a0,
   '\\ldots': 0x2026,
   '\\textellipsis': 0x2026,
@@ -583,9 +585,7 @@ export const TEXT_SYMBOLS: Record<string, number> = {
   '\\textasciicircum': 0x005e,
   '\\textasciitilde': 0x007e,
   '\\textasteriskcentered': 0x002a,
-  '\\textbackslash': 0x005c,
-  '\\textbraceleft': 0x007b,
-  '\\textbraceright': 0x007d,
+  '\\textbackslash': 0x005c, // '\'
   '\\textbullet': 0x2022,
   '\\textdollar': 0x0024,
   '\\textsterling': 0x00a3,
@@ -634,22 +634,19 @@ if (supportRegexPropertyEscape()) {
  */
 function newSymbol(
   symbol: string,
-  value: number | undefined,
+  codepoint: number | undefined,
   type: AtomType = 'mord',
   variant?: Variant
 ): void {
-  if (value === undefined) return;
+  if (codepoint === undefined) return;
   MATH_SYMBOLS[symbol] = {
     definitionType: 'symbol',
     type,
     variant,
-    codepoint: value,
+    codepoint,
   };
-  if (!REVERSE_MATH_SYMBOLS[value]) REVERSE_MATH_SYMBOLS[value] = symbol;
-
-  // We accept all math symbols in text mode as well
-  // which is a bit more permissive than TeX
-  if (!TEXT_SYMBOLS[symbol]) TEXT_SYMBOLS[symbol] = value;
+  if (!REVERSE_MATH_SYMBOLS[codepoint])
+    REVERSE_MATH_SYMBOLS[codepoint] = symbol;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1081,7 +1078,7 @@ export function unicodeCharToLatex(
  * If there is a matching command (e.g. `\alpha`) it is returned.
  */
 export function charToLatex(
-  parseMode: ArgumentType,
+  parseMode: ParseMode,
   codepoint: number | undefined
 ): string {
   if (codepoint === undefined) return '';
@@ -1089,16 +1086,14 @@ export function charToLatex(
     return REVERSE_MATH_SYMBOLS[codepoint];
 
   if (parseMode === 'text') {
-    let textSymbol = Object.keys(TEXT_SYMBOLS).find(
+    const textSymbol = Object.keys(TEXT_SYMBOLS).find(
       (x) => TEXT_SYMBOLS[x] === codepoint
     );
-    if (!textSymbol) {
-      const hex = codepoint.toString(16);
-      textSymbol = '^'.repeat(hex.length) + hex;
-    }
-
-    return textSymbol;
+    if (textSymbol) return textSymbol;
+    return String.fromCodePoint(codepoint);
   }
 
+  // const hex = codepoint.toString(16).toLowerCase();
+  // return '^'.repeat(hex.length) + hex;
   return String.fromCodePoint(codepoint);
 }
diff --git a/src/core-definitions/symbols.ts b/src/core-definitions/symbols.ts
index 08de88c3e..57157810e 100644
--- a/src/core-definitions/symbols.ts
+++ b/src/core-definitions/symbols.ts
@@ -122,8 +122,8 @@ newSymbols([
 
   ['\\lbrace', 0x007b, 'mopen'],
   ['\\rbrace', 0x007d, 'mclose'],
-  ['\\lparen', 0x0028, 'mopen'],
-  ['\\rparen', 0x0029, 'mclose'],
+  ['\\lparen', 0x0028, 'mopen'], // mathtools.sty
+  ['\\rparen', 0x0029, 'mclose'], // mathtools.sty
   ['\\langle', 0x27e8, 'mopen'],
   ['\\rangle', 0x27e9, 'mclose'],
   ['\\lfloor', 0x230a, 'mopen'],
diff --git a/src/editor-mathfield/keyboard-input.ts b/src/editor-mathfield/keyboard-input.ts
index 6a9011fa6..4ef9b6f99 100644
--- a/src/editor-mathfield/keyboard-input.ts
+++ b/src/editor-mathfield/keyboard-input.ts
@@ -1021,9 +1021,9 @@ function isValidClose(open: string | undefined, close: string): boolean {
   if (!open) return true;
 
   if (
-    ['(', '{', '[', '\\lbrace', '\\lparen', '\\{', '\\lbrack'].includes(open)
+    ['(', '\\lparen', '{', '\\{', '\\lbrace', '[', '\\lbrack'].includes(open)
   ) {
-    return [')', '}', ']', '\\rbrace', '\\rparen', '\\}', '\\rbrack'].includes(
+    return [')', '\\rparen', '}', '\\}', '\\rbrace', ']', '\\rbrack'].includes(
       close
     );
   }
@@ -1034,9 +1034,9 @@ function isValidOpen(open: string, close: string | undefined): boolean {
   if (!close) return true;
 
   if (
-    [')', '}', ']', '\\rbrace', '\\rparen', '\\}', '\\rbrack'].includes(close)
+    [')', '\\rparen', '}', '\\}', '\\rbrace', ']', '\\rbrack'].includes(close)
   ) {
-    return ['(', '{', '[', '\\lbrace', '\\lparen', '\\{', '\\lbrack'].includes(
+    return ['(', '\\lparen', '{', '\\{', '\\lbrace', '[', '\\lbrack'].includes(
       open
     );
   }
diff --git a/src/mathlive.ts b/src/mathlive.ts
index 8c1dfe7f7..8dc6f813d 100644
--- a/src/mathlive.ts
+++ b/src/mathlive.ts
@@ -153,7 +153,6 @@ export const version = {
 // export const debug = {
 //   FUNCTIONS: MathLiveDebug.FUNCTIONS,
 //   MATH_SYMBOLS: MathLiveDebug.MATH_SYMBOLS,
-//   TEXT_SYMBOLS: MathLiveDebug.TEXT_SYMBOLS,
 //   ENVIRONMENTS: MathLiveDebug.ENVIRONMENTS,
 //   DEFAULT_KEYBINDINGS: MathLiveDebug.DEFAULT_KEYBINDINGS,
 //   getKeybindingMarkup: MathLiveDebug.getKeybindingMarkup,