diff --git a/web/js/src/armyc2/c2sd/renderer/utilities/SVGTextInfo.js b/web/js/src/armyc2/c2sd/renderer/utilities/SVGTextInfo.js
index 25a2c992..6cf18f9d 100644
--- a/web/js/src/armyc2/c2sd/renderer/utilities/SVGTextInfo.js
+++ b/web/js/src/armyc2/c2sd/renderer/utilities/SVGTextInfo.js
@@ -135,13 +135,16 @@ armyc2.c2sd.renderer.utilities.SVGTextInfo = function (text, anchorPoint, fontIn
         //catch special characters that break SVGs as base64 dataURIs
         if(format === 1)
         {
+            //got codes from: http://www.theukwebdesigncompany.com/articles/entity-escape-characters.php
+            //and https://unicodelookup.com (use HTML code)
             text = text.replace(/\&/g,"&");
             text = text.replace(/\</g,"&lt;");
             text = text.replace(/\</g,"&gt;");
             //text = text.replace(/\u2022/g,"&#x2022;");//echelon and ellipses dot
             //text = text.replace(/\u25CF/g,"&#x2022;");//echelon and ellipses dot (black circle)
             text = text.replace(/\u2022|\u25CF/g,"&#x2022;");//echelon and ellipses dot (black circle)
-            text = text.replace(/\u00B1/g,"&#x00B1;");//"RD" reinforce/reduced +- symbol
+            text = text.replace(/\u00D8/g,"&#216;");//Ø
+            text = text.replace(/\u00B1/g,"&#x00B1;");//"RD" reinforce/reduced ±
         }
         else if(format === 2)
         {
diff --git a/web/js/src/armyc2/c2sd/renderer/utilities/SymbolUtilities.js b/web/js/src/armyc2/c2sd/renderer/utilities/SymbolUtilities.js
index c7d31c02..9a80c605 100644
--- a/web/js/src/armyc2/c2sd/renderer/utilities/SymbolUtilities.js
+++ b/web/js/src/armyc2/c2sd/renderer/utilities/SymbolUtilities.js
@@ -1923,7 +1923,7 @@ armyc2.c2sd.renderer.utilities.SymbolUtilities = {};
         var text = null;
         if(echelon === ("A"))
         {
-            text = "0";
+            text = String.fromCharCode(216);//Ø
         }
         else if(echelon === ("B"))
         {