diff --git a/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/fml/client/FMLClientHandler.java b/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/fml/client/FMLClientHandler.java
index c19fbcf359..a0f6942213 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/fml/client/FMLClientHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/fml/client/FMLClientHandler.java
@@ -1084,11 +1084,13 @@ public class FMLClientHandler implements IFMLSidedHandler
     }
     // From FontRenderer.renderCharAtPos
     private static final String ALLOWED_CHARS = "\u00c0\u00c1\u00c2\u00c8\u00ca\u00cb\u00cd\u00d3\u00d4\u00d5\u00da\u00df\u00e3\u00f5\u011f\u0130\u0131\u0152\u0153\u015e\u015f\u0174\u0175\u017e\u0207\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000 !\"#$%&\'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~\u0000\u00c7\u00fc\u00e9\u00e2\u00e4\u00e0\u00e5\u00e7\u00ea\u00eb\u00e8\u00ef\u00ee\u00ec\u00c4\u00c5\u00c9\u00e6\u00c6\u00f4\u00f6\u00f2\u00fb\u00f9\u00ff\u00d6\u00dc\u00f8\u00a3\u00d8\u00d7\u0192\u00e1\u00ed\u00f3\u00fa\u00f1\u00d1\u00aa\u00ba\u00bf\u00ae\u00ac\u00bd\u00bc\u00a1\u00ab\u00bb\u2591\u2592\u2593\u2502\u2524\u2561\u2562\u2556\u2555\u2563\u2551\u2557\u255d\u255c\u255b\u2510\u2514\u2534\u252c\u251c\u2500\u253c\u255e\u255f\u255a\u2554\u2569\u2566\u2560\u2550\u256c\u2567\u2568\u2564\u2565\u2559\u2558\u2552\u2553\u256b\u256a\u2518\u250c\u2588\u2584\u258c\u2590\u2580\u03b1\u03b2\u0393\u03c0\u03a3\u03c3\u03bc\u03c4\u03a6\u0398\u03a9\u03b4\u221e\u2205\u2208\u2229\u2261\u00b1\u2265\u2264\u2320\u2321\u00f7\u2248\u00b0\u2219\u00b7\u221a\u207f\u00b2\u25a0\u0000";
+    private static final CharMatcher DISALLOWED_CHAR_MATCHER = CharMatcher.anyOf(ALLOWED_CHARS).negate();
+
     @Override
     public String stripSpecialChars(String message)
     {
         // We can't handle many unicode points in the splash renderer
-        return CharMatcher.anyOf(ALLOWED_CHARS).retainFrom(StringUtils.stripControlCodes(message));
+        return DISALLOWED_CHAR_MATCHER.removeFrom(StringUtils.stripControlCodes(message));
     }
 
     @Override