diff --git a/src/preferences-skeleton.h b/src/preferences-skeleton.h
index 33899f82e2cf851494a7bdbecc101398f205daf7..32ac0432f39432a6a8472d327e96fbecc53d9105 100644
--- a/src/preferences-skeleton.h
+++ b/src/preferences-skeleton.h
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ static char const preferences_skeleton[] =
     </eventcontext>
 
     <eventcontext id="text"  usecurrent="0" gradientdrag="1"
-                       font_sample="AaBbCcIiPpQq12369$\342\202\254\302\242?.;/()"
+                       font_sample="AaBbCcIiPpQq12369$€¢?.;/()"
                        show_sample_in_list="1" use_svg2="1"
                   style="fill:black;fill-opacity:1;line-height:1.25;stroke:none;font-family:sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:40px;" selcue="1"/>