1 files changed, 4 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/term.c b/term.c
index 8f395a9e..97f6d2bc 100644
--- a/term.c
+++ b/term.c
@@ -468,9 +468,8 @@ term_word(struct termp *p, const char *word)
 					encode(p, cp, ssz);
 			} else {
 				uc = mchars_spec2cp(p->symtab, seq, sz);
-				if (uc <= 0)
-					uc = 0xFFFD;
-				encode1(p, uc);
+				if (uc > 0)
+					encode1(p, uc);
 			}
 			break;
 		case ESCAPE_FONTBOLD:
@@ -705,9 +704,8 @@ term_strlen(const struct termp *p, const char *cp)
 				} else {
 					c = mchars_spec2cp(p->symtab,
 					    seq, ssz);
-					if (c <= 0)
-						c = 0xFFFD;
-					sz += cond_width(p, c, &skip);
+					if (c > 0)
+						sz += cond_width(p, c, &skip);
 				}
 				break;
 			case ESCAPE_SKIPCHAR: