diff --git a/src/rendering/twn_text.c b/src/rendering/twn_text.c
index dcd2456..37799b4 100644
--- a/src/rendering/twn_text.c
+++ b/src/rendering/twn_text.c
@@ -7,10 +7,6 @@
 #include <stb_truetype.h>
 #include <stb_ds.h>
 
-#define ASCII_START 32
-#define ASCII_END 128
-#define NUM_DISPLAY_ASCII ((ASCII_END - ASCII_START) + 1)
-
 /* should be large enough that there's virtually never more than one block */
 #define STRING_ARENA_BLOCK_SIZE 512000
 
diff --git a/src/rendering/twn_text_c.h b/src/rendering/twn_text_c.h
index 6b3b9c9..6b5b109 100644
--- a/src/rendering/twn_text_c.h
+++ b/src/rendering/twn_text_c.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #include <stb_truetype.h>
 
 
-#define ASCII_START 32
+#define ASCII_START 1
 #define ASCII_END 128
 #define NUM_DISPLAY_ASCII ((ASCII_END - ASCII_START) + 1)