diff --git a/source/main.cpp b/source/main.cpp
index dda44c2..93fdefd 100644
--- a/source/main.cpp
+++ b/source/main.cpp
@@ -467,9 +467,9 @@ static void __attribute__((noinline)) show_intro()
 	{
 		fade = abs(((get_frame_count() / 6) % 24) - 12);
 		global_next_frame();
-		start_pressed = key_hit(KEY_START) | key_hit(KEY_A);
+		start_pressed = key_hit(KEY_START) | key_hit(KEY_A) | true;
 		REG_BLDALPHA = BLDA_BUILD(0b10000, fade);
-	};
+	}
 }
 
 int main(void)
diff --git a/source/text_engine.cpp b/source/text_engine.cpp
index da63cd7..65fe827 100644
--- a/source/text_engine.cpp
+++ b/source/text_engine.cpp
@@ -341,13 +341,18 @@ int ptgb_write(const byte *text, bool instant, int length)
                 wait_for_user_to_continue(true);
                 break;
             case 0xFC:
+                ch = *str;
+                str++;
+                num += 1;
                 if (DISPLAY_CONTROL_CHAR)
                 {
-                    tc->drawgProc(0xB9);
+                    for (uint i = 0; i < ch; i++){
+                        tc->drawgProc(0xB9);
+                    }
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    tc->cursorX += tc->font->widths[0xFC];
+                    tc->cursorX += tc->font->widths[0xFC] * ch;
                 }
                 break;
             case 0xFE:
diff --git a/tools/text_helper/main.py b/tools/text_helper/main.py
index 344b5ca..6e8005b 100644
--- a/tools/text_helper/main.py
+++ b/tools/text_helper/main.py
@@ -204,9 +204,8 @@ def split_sentence_into_lines(sentence, offset, pixelsPerChar, pixelsInLine, cen
             offset = 0
     if (centered and (len(words) > 0) and words[0] != 'ɑ'):
         count = ((pixelsInLine - lineLength) // 2)
-        for i in range(count):
-            currLine = "_" + currLine
-            lineLength += 1 # This character should *always* be one pixel wide
+        currLine = f'_[{count}]{currLine}'
+        lineLength += count
     outStr += currLine
     return lineLength + offset, lineCount, outStr, centered
 
@@ -383,8 +382,20 @@ def convert_item(ogDict, lang):
     
     byteStr = ""
     arr = charArrayOfLanguage[lang]["array"]
-    for char in outStr[:-1]:
-        byteStr += f"{convert_char_to_byte(ord(char), arr, lang):02x} "
+    i = 0
+    while i < len(outStr[:-1]):
+        char = outStr[i]
+        if (char == '['):
+            val = ''
+            i += 1
+            while outStr[i] != ']':
+                val = val + outStr[i]
+                i += 1
+            num = int(val)
+            byteStr += f"{num:02x} "
+        else:
+            byteStr += f"{convert_char_to_byte(ord(char), arr, lang):02x} "
+        i += 1
     if (len(outStr) > 0 and outStr[-1] != ' '): # Check if the last char is a space
         byteStr += f"{convert_char_to_byte(ord(outStr[-1]), arr, lang):02x} "