diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 84b5126..11d267d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## [0.4.8]
+
+- Replace some non-ascii characters
+
 ## [0.4.7]
 
 - Printing a long text col splits the data to the next row (case when col contains chinese characters taking 2 bytes)
diff --git a/lib/src/ticket.dart b/lib/src/ticket.dart
index d1c50d9..dd023e3 100644
--- a/lib/src/ticket.dart
+++ b/lib/src/ticket.dart
@@ -66,6 +66,13 @@ class Ticket {
   }
 
   Uint8List _encode(String text, {bool isKanji = false}) {
+    // replace some non-ascii characters
+    text = text
+        .replaceAll("’", "'")
+        .replaceAll("´", "'")
+        .replaceAll("»", '"')
+        .replaceAll(" ", ' ')
+        .replaceAll("•", '.');
     if (!isKanji) {
       return latin1.encode(text);
     } else {
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index ac8a736..a4168a4 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: esc_pos_utils
 description: Basic Flutter/Dart classes for ESC/POS printing. Ticket class generates ESC/POS commands that can be sent to a thermal printer.
-version: 0.4.7
+version: 0.4.8
 homepage: https://github.com/andrey-ushakov/esc_pos_utils
 
 environment: