1 files changed, 10 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/src/gui/text/qtextengine.cpp b/src/gui/text/qtextengine.cpp
index 4a3ce02a18b..f5e77e0e616 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qtextengine.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/qtextengine.cpp
@@ -1887,7 +1887,7 @@ void QTextEngine::validate() const
         layoutData->string = block.text();
         const bool nextBlockValid = block.next().isValid();
         if (!nextBlockValid && option.flags() & QTextOption::ShowDocumentTerminator) {
-            layoutData->string += QChar(0xA7);
+            layoutData->string += QLatin1Char(0xA7);
         } else if (option.flags() & QTextOption::ShowLineAndParagraphSeparators) {
             layoutData->string += QLatin1Char(nextBlockValid ? 0xb6 : 0x20);
         }
@@ -2413,9 +2413,9 @@ static void set(QJustificationPoint *point, int type, const QGlyphLayout &glyph,
     point->glyph = glyph;
 
     if (type >= Justification_Arabic_Normal) {
-        QChar ch(0x640); // Kashida character
+        const char32_t ch = U'\x640'; // Kashida character
 
-        glyph_t kashidaGlyph = fe->glyphIndex(ch.unicode());
+        glyph_t kashidaGlyph = fe->glyphIndex(ch);
         if (kashidaGlyph != 0) {
             QGlyphLayout g;
             g.numGlyphs = 1;
@@ -3034,7 +3034,7 @@ QString QTextEngine::elidedText(Qt::TextElideMode mode, const QFixed &width, int
     {
         QFontEngine *engine = fnt.d->engineForScript(QChar::Script_Common);
 
-        QChar ellipsisChar(0x2026);
+        QChar ellipsisChar = u'\x2026';
 
         // We only want to use the ellipsis character if it is from the main
         // font (not one of the fallbacks), since using a fallback font
@@ -3076,6 +3076,8 @@ QString QTextEngine::elidedText(Qt::TextElideMode mode, const QFixed &width, int
     if (!attributes)
         return QString();
 
+    constexpr char16_t ZWJ = u'\x200d'; // ZERO-WIDTH JOINER
+
     if (mode == Qt::ElideRight) {
         QFixed currentWidth;
         int pos;
@@ -3093,7 +3095,7 @@ QString QTextEngine::elidedText(Qt::TextElideMode mode, const QFixed &width, int
                  && currentWidth < availableWidth);
 
         if (nextCharJoins(layoutData->string, pos))
-            ellipsisText.prepend(QChar(0x200d) /* ZWJ */);
+            ellipsisText.prepend(ZWJ);
 
         return stringMidRetainingBidiCC(layoutData->string,
                                         QString(), ellipsisText,
@@ -3116,7 +3118,7 @@ QString QTextEngine::elidedText(Qt::TextElideMode mode, const QFixed &width, int
                  && currentWidth < availableWidth);
 
         if (prevCharJoins(layoutData->string, pos))
-            ellipsisText.append(QChar(0x200d) /* ZWJ */);
+            ellipsisText.append(ZWJ);
 
         return stringMidRetainingBidiCC(layoutData->string,
                                         ellipsisText, QString(),
@@ -3151,9 +3153,9 @@ QString QTextEngine::elidedText(Qt::TextElideMode mode, const QFixed &width, int
                  && leftWidth + rightWidth < availableWidth);
 
         if (nextCharJoins(layoutData->string, leftPos))
-            ellipsisText.prepend(QChar(0x200d) /* ZWJ */);
+            ellipsisText.prepend(ZWJ);
         if (prevCharJoins(layoutData->string, rightPos))
-            ellipsisText.append(QChar(0x200d) /* ZWJ */);
+            ellipsisText.append(ZWJ);
 
         return layoutData->string.midRef(from, leftPos - from) + ellipsisText + layoutData->string.midRef(rightPos, to - rightPos);
     }