diff --git a/core/assets/fonts/font.woff b/core/assets/fonts/font.woff
index 92cf31f69a..3eddf710a7 100644
Binary files a/core/assets/fonts/font.woff and b/core/assets/fonts/font.woff differ
diff --git a/core/src/mindustry/world/blocks/environment/RuneOverlay.java b/core/src/mindustry/world/blocks/environment/RuneOverlay.java
index ccde74b818..22ca94e106 100644
--- a/core/src/mindustry/world/blocks/environment/RuneOverlay.java
+++ b/core/src/mindustry/world/blocks/environment/RuneOverlay.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import mindustry.world.*;
 
 public class RuneOverlay extends OverlayFloor{
     public static final int characters = 109;
+    public static final int unicodeOffset = 0x142B;
 
     public @Load(value = "@#", fallback = "rune-overlay#", length = characters) TextureRegion[] letterRegions;
     public Color color = Color.white;
@@ -24,9 +25,26 @@ public class RuneOverlay extends OverlayFloor{
         editorConfigurable = true;
     }
 
+    /** Encodes rune data bytes into a string that can be displayed in the font. */
+    public static String bytesToString(byte[] data){
+        StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();
+        for(byte b : data){
+            result.append((char)(b & 0xff + unicodeOffset));
+        }
+        return result.toString();
+    }
+
+    /** Converts a displayable string into rune data bytes. Will generate garbage data if the string doesn't contain the right character set. */
+    public static byte[] stringToBytes(String s){
+        byte[] bytes = new byte[s.length()];
+        for(int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++){
+            bytes[i] = (byte)(s.charAt(i) - unicodeOffset);
+        }
+        return bytes;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void drawBase(Tile tile){
-
         Draw.color(color);
         if((tile.overlayData & 0xff) < characters){
             Draw.rect(letterRegions[tile.overlayData & 0xff], tile.worldx(), tile.worldy());
@@ -39,7 +57,6 @@ public class RuneOverlay extends OverlayFloor{
         return (int)tile.overlayData;
     }
 
-
     @Override
     public void drawPlanRegion(BuildPlan plan, Eachable<BuildPlan> list){
 
diff --git a/tools/src/mindustry/tools/IconConverter.java b/tools/src/mindustry/tools/IconConverter.java
index 3b0c0d7c13..922cb2b038 100644
--- a/tools/src/mindustry/tools/IconConverter.java
+++ b/tools/src/mindustry/tools/IconConverter.java
@@ -23,11 +23,10 @@ public class IconConverter{
         Time.mark();
         Fi.get("fontgen/icons").deleteDirectory();
         Fi.get("fontgen/icon_parts").deleteDirectory();
-        Fi[] list = new Fi("icons").list();
 
         Seq<Fi> files = new Seq<>();
 
-        for(Fi img : list){
+        for(Fi img :  new Fi("icons").list()){
             if(img.extension().equals("png")){
                 Fi dst = new Fi("fontgen/icons").child(img.nameWithoutExtension().replace("icon-", "") + ".svg");
                 new IconConverter().convert(new Pixmap(img), dst);
@@ -223,7 +222,7 @@ public class IconConverter{
 
         output.writeString(out.toString());
     }
-    
+
     void square(float x, float y, float size){
         rect(x - size/2f, y - size/2f, size, size);
     }