diff --git a/RedPandaIDE/resources/fonts/asciicontrol-font.png b/RedPandaIDE/resources/fonts/asciicontrol-font.png
new file mode 100644
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diff --git a/RedPandaIDE/resources/fonts/asciicontrol.ttf b/RedPandaIDE/resources/fonts/asciicontrol.ttf
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diff --git a/libs/qsynedit/qsynedit/constants.cpp b/libs/qsynedit/qsynedit/constants.cpp
index aacd085e..27a14256 100644
--- a/libs/qsynedit/qsynedit/constants.cpp
+++ b/libs/qsynedit/qsynedit/constants.cpp
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ namespace QSynedit {
 const QSet<QChar> WordBreakChars{'.', ',', ';', ':',
       '"', '\'', '!', '?', '[', ']', '(', ')', '{', '}', '^', '-', '=', '+',
       '-', '*', '/', '\\', '|'};
-const QChar TabGlyph(0x2192);
-const QChar SpaceGlyph(0x02FD);
-const QChar LineBreakGlyph(0x21A9);
-const QChar SoftBreakGlyph(0x2193);
+const QString TabGlyph{"\U000FFFFC"};
+const QString SpaceGlyph{"\U000FFFFD"};
+const QString LineBreakGlyph{"\U000FFFFB"};
+const QString SoftBreakGlyph{"\U000FFFFA"};
 }
diff --git a/libs/qsynedit/qsynedit/constants.h b/libs/qsynedit/qsynedit/constants.h
index 889a692c..e2e23b47 100644
--- a/libs/qsynedit/qsynedit/constants.h
+++ b/libs/qsynedit/qsynedit/constants.h
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@
 namespace  QSynedit {
 
 extern const QSet<QChar> WordBreakChars;
-extern const QChar SpaceGlyph;
-extern const QChar TabGlyph;
-extern const QChar LineBreakGlyph;
-extern const QChar SoftBreakGlyph;
+extern const QString SpaceGlyph;
+extern const QString TabGlyph;
+extern const QString LineBreakGlyph;
+extern const QString SoftBreakGlyph;
 
 // names for token attributes
 #define SYNS_AttrAssembler          "Assembler"