diff --git a/src/Counters.cpp b/src/Counters.cpp
index 20654b7e8e..61a4a239c8 100644
--- a/src/Counters.cpp
+++ b/src/Counters.cpp
@@ -231,9 +231,9 @@ char alphaCounter(int const n)
 char hebrewCounter(int const n)
 {
 	static const char hebrew[22] = {
-		'à', 'á', 'â', 'ã', 'ä', 'å', 'æ', 'ç', 'è',
-		'é', 'ë', 'ì', 'î', 'ð', 'ñ', 'ò', 'ô', 'ö',
-		'÷', 'ø', 'ù', 'ú'
+		'\xe0', '\xe1', '\xe2', '\xe3', '\xe4', '\xe5', '\xe6', '\xe7', '\xe8',
+		'\xe9', '\xeb', '\xec', '\xee', '\xf0', '\xf1', '\xf2', '\xf4', '\xf6',
+		'\xf7', '\xf8', '\xf9', '\xfa'
 	};
 
 	if (n < 1 || n > 22)
diff --git a/src/Font.cpp b/src/Font.cpp
index ccbc937e79..ccaa923cab 100644
--- a/src/Font.cpp
+++ b/src/Font.cpp
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ Font & Font::lyxRead(Lexer & lex)
 			} else if (ttok == "noun") {
 				setNoun(ON);
 			} else {
-				lex.printError("Illegal misc type `$$Token´");
+				lex.printError("Illegal misc type `$$Token'");
 			}
 		} else if (tok == "color") {
 			lex.next();
diff --git a/src/support/environment.h b/src/support/environment.h
index d312bffe63..296ebc15fb 100644
--- a/src/support/environment.h
+++ b/src/support/environment.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ std::string const getEnv(std::string const & envname);
  *  guarantee that it is in the form of a unix-style path.
  *  If the environment variable is not set, then the function returns
  *  an empty vector.
- */
+ */
 std::vector<std::string> const getEnvPath(std::string const & name);
 
 /** Set the contents of the environment variable @c name to @c value.
diff --git a/src/tex2lyx/math.cpp b/src/tex2lyx/math.cpp
index c2af18f009..30af6a6cb2 100644
--- a/src/tex2lyx/math.cpp
+++ b/src/tex2lyx/math.cpp
@@ -207,17 +207,17 @@ void parse_math(Parser & p, ostream & os, unsigned flags, const mode_type mode)
 
 		else if (t.cs() == "\"") {
 			string const name = p.verbatim_item();
-			     if (name == "a") os << 'ä';
-			else if (name == "o") os << 'ö';
-			else if (name == "u") os << 'ü';
-			else if (name == "A") os << 'Ä';
-			else if (name == "O") os << 'Ö';
-			else if (name == "U") os << 'Ü';
+			     if (name == "a") os << '\xe4';
+			else if (name == "o") os << '\xf6';
+			else if (name == "u") os << '\xfc';
+			else if (name == "A") os << '\xc4';
+			else if (name == "O") os << '\xd6';
+			else if (name == "U") os << '\xdc';
 			else os << "\"{" << name << "}";
 		}
 
 		else if (t.cs() == "ss")
-			os << "ß";
+			os << "\xdf";
 
 		else if (t.cs() == "cr") {
 			// lyx can't handle \\cr
diff --git a/src/tex2lyx/text.cpp b/src/tex2lyx/text.cpp
index 7ca211e3f5..a013208f57 100644
--- a/src/tex2lyx/text.cpp
+++ b/src/tex2lyx/text.cpp
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * This file is part of LyX, the document processor.
  * Licence details can be found in the file COPYING.
  *
- * \author André Pönitz
+ * \author André Pönitz
  * \author Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
  *
  * Full author contact details are available in file CREDITS.
@@ -1647,7 +1647,7 @@ void parse_text(Parser & p, ostream & os, unsigned flags, bool outer,
 			p.skip_spaces();
 			context.check_layout(os);
 			string const s = p.verbatim_item();
-			if (s == "±" || s == "³" || s == "²" || s == "µ")
+			if (s == "\xb1" || s == "\xb3" || s == "\xb2" || s == "\xb5")
 				os << s;
 			else
 				handle_ert(os, "\\ensuremath{" + s + "}",
@@ -2081,12 +2081,12 @@ void parse_text(Parser & p, ostream & os, unsigned flags, bool outer,
 		else if (t.cs() == "\"") {
 			context.check_layout(os);
 			string const name = p.verbatim_item();
-			     if (name == "a") os << 'ä';
-			else if (name == "o") os << 'ö';
-			else if (name == "u") os << 'ü';
-			else if (name == "A") os << 'Ä';
-			else if (name == "O") os << 'Ö';
-			else if (name == "U") os << 'Ü';
+			     if (name == "a") os << '\xe4';
+			else if (name == "o") os << '\xf6';
+			else if (name == "u") os << '\xfc';
+			else if (name == "A") os << '\xc4';
+			else if (name == "O") os << '\xd6';
+			else if (name == "U") os << '\xdc';
 			else handle_ert(os, "\"{" + name + "}", context);
 		}
 
@@ -2104,7 +2104,7 @@ void parse_text(Parser & p, ostream & os, unsigned flags, bool outer,
 			// subset of LaTeX, so don't parse anything here,
 			// but use the raw argument.
 			// Otherwise we would convert \~{\i} wrongly.
-			// This will of course not translate \~{\ss} to \~{ß},
+			// This will of course not translate \~{\ss} to \~{ß},
 			// but that does at least compile and does only look
 			// strange on screen.
 			context.check_layout(os);
@@ -2115,7 +2115,7 @@ void parse_text(Parser & p, ostream & os, unsigned flags, bool outer,
 
 		else if (t.cs() == "ss") {
 			context.check_layout(os);
-			os << "ß";
+			os << "\xdf";
 			skip_braces(p); // eat {}
 		}