diff --git a/MLEM/Extensions/SpriteFontExtensions.cs b/MLEM/Extensions/SpriteFontExtensions.cs
index 0231f63..b7f9f5d 100644
--- a/MLEM/Extensions/SpriteFontExtensions.cs
+++ b/MLEM/Extensions/SpriteFontExtensions.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Text;
 using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics;
+using MLEM.Font;
 
 namespace MLEM.Extensions {
     public static class SpriteFontExtensions {
@@ -64,5 +65,12 @@ namespace MLEM.Extensions {
             return total.ToString(0, total.Length - 2);
         }
 
+        public static string GetWidthString(IGenericFont font, float width, char content = ' ') {
+            var strg = content.ToString();
+            while (font.MeasureString(strg).X < width)
+                strg += content;
+            return strg;
+        }
+
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/MLEM/Formatting/FormattingCode.cs b/MLEM/Formatting/FormattingCode.cs
index 46a4d05..1485d86 100644
--- a/MLEM/Formatting/FormattingCode.cs
+++ b/MLEM/Formatting/FormattingCode.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using Microsoft.Xna.Framework;
 using MLEM.Animations;
+using MLEM.Extensions;
 using MLEM.Font;
 using MLEM.Textures;
 
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ namespace MLEM.Formatting {
         }
 
         public virtual string GetReplacementString(IGenericFont font) {
-            return this.CodeType == Type.Icon ? TextFormatting.GetOneEmString(font) : string.Empty;
+            return this.CodeType == Type.Icon ? SpriteFontExtensions.GetWidthString(font, font.LineHeight) : string.Empty;
         }
 
         public enum Type {
diff --git a/MLEM/Formatting/TextFormatting.cs b/MLEM/Formatting/TextFormatting.cs
index 6947741..a9455fe 100644
--- a/MLEM/Formatting/TextFormatting.cs
+++ b/MLEM/Formatting/TextFormatting.cs
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ namespace MLEM.Formatting {
     public static class TextFormatting {
 
         public static readonly Dictionary<string, FormattingCode> FormattingCodes = new Dictionary<string, FormattingCode>();
-        private static readonly Dictionary<IGenericFont, string> OneEmStrings = new Dictionary<IGenericFont, string>();
         private static Regex formatRegex;
 
         static TextFormatting() {
@@ -45,16 +44,6 @@ namespace MLEM.Formatting {
             formatRegex = new Regex($"{op}[^{op}{cl}]*{cl}");
         }
 
-        public static string GetOneEmString(IGenericFont font) {
-            if (!OneEmStrings.TryGetValue(font, out var strg)) {
-                strg = " ";
-                while (font.MeasureString(strg + ' ').X < font.LineHeight)
-                    strg += ' ';
-                OneEmStrings[font] = strg;
-            }
-            return strg;
-        }
-
         public static string RemoveFormatting(this string s, IGenericFont font) {
             return formatRegex.Replace(s, match => {
                 var code = FromMatch(match);