diff --git a/src/Format.cpp b/src/Format.cpp
index a7099a90e..da03d57d9 100644
--- a/src/Format.cpp
+++ b/src/Format.cpp
@@ -16,11 +16,9 @@ std::string format::URLEncode(std::string source)
 	std::fill(dst, dst+(source.length()*3)+2, 0);
 
 	char *d;
-	unsigned char *s;
+	for (d = dst; *d; d++) ;
 
-	for (d=dst; *d; d++) ;
-
-	for (s=(unsigned char *)src; *s; s++)
+	for (unsigned char *s = (unsigned char *)src; *s; s++)
 	{
 		if ((*s>='0' && *s<='9') ||
 		        (*s>='a' && *s<='z') ||
@@ -71,58 +69,65 @@ std::string format::UnixtimeToDateMini(time_t unixtime)
 	}
 }
 
-std::string format::CleanString(std::string dirtyString, size_t maxStringLength)
+std::string format::CleanString(std::string dirtyString, bool ascii, bool color, bool newlines, bool numeric)
 {
-	return CleanString(dirtyString, std::string::npos, maxStringLength);
+	for (size_t i = 0; i < dirtyString.size(); i++)
+	{
+		switch(dirtyString[i])
+		{
+		case '\b':
+			if (color)
+			{
+				dirtyString.erase(i, 2);
+				i--;
+			}
+			else
+				i++;
+			break;
+		case '\x0E':
+			if (color)
+			{
+				dirtyString.erase(i, 1);
+				i--;
+			}
+			break;
+		case '\x0F':
+			if (color)
+			{
+				dirtyString.erase(i, 4);
+				i--;
+			}
+			else
+				i += 3;
+			break;
+		case '\r':
+		case '\n':
+			if (newlines)
+				dirtyString[i] = ' ';
+			break;
+		default:
+			// if less than ascii 20 or greater than ascii 126, delete
+			if (numeric && (dirtyString[i] < '0' || dirtyString[i] > '9'))
+			{
+				dirtyString.erase(i, 1);
+				i--;
+			}
+			else if (ascii && (dirtyString[i] < ' ' || dirtyString[i] > '~'))
+			{
+				dirtyString.erase(i, 1);
+				i--;
+			}
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	return dirtyString;
 }
 
-std::string format::CleanString(std::string dirtyString, size_t maxVisualSize, size_t maxStringLength)
+std::string format::CleanString(char * dirtyData, bool ascii, bool color, bool newlines, bool numeric)
 {
-	std::string newString = dirtyString;
-	if(maxStringLength != std::string::npos && newString.size() > maxStringLength)
-	{
-		newString = newString.substr(0, maxStringLength);
-	}
-	if(maxVisualSize != std::string::npos && newString.size()*10 > maxVisualSize)
-	{
-		newString = newString.substr(0, maxVisualSize/10);
-	}
-	for (unsigned int i = 0; i < newString.size(); i++)
-	{
-		if (!(newString[i]>=' ' && newString[i]<127))	//Clamp to ASCII range
-			newString[i] = '?';							//Replace with "huh" char
-	}
-	return newString;
+	return CleanString(std::string(dirtyData), ascii, color, newlines, numeric);
 }
 
-std::string format::CleanString(char * dirtyData, size_t maxStringLength)
-{
-	return CleanString(dirtyData, std::string::npos, maxStringLength);
-}
-
-std::string format::CleanString(char * dirtyData, size_t maxVisualSize, size_t maxStringLength)
-{
-	char * newData = new char[maxStringLength+1];
-	strncpy(newData, dirtyData, maxStringLength);
-	newData[maxStringLength] = 0;
-
-	std::string newString = std::string(newData);
-	delete[] newData;
-
-	if(maxVisualSize != std::string::npos && newString.size()*10 > maxVisualSize)
-	{
-		newString = newString.substr(0, maxVisualSize/10);
-	}
-	for (unsigned int i = 0; i < newString.size(); i++)
-	{
-		if (!(newString[i]>=' ' && newString[i]<127))	//Clamp to ASCII range
-			newString[i] = '?';							//Replace with "huh" char
-	}
-	return newString;
-}
-
-
-
 std::vector<char> format::VideoBufferToPTI(const VideoBuffer & vidBuf)
 {
 	std::vector<char> data;
diff --git a/src/Format.h b/src/Format.h
index d5f1176d2..82e958000 100644
--- a/src/Format.h
+++ b/src/Format.h
@@ -26,10 +26,8 @@ namespace format
 	std::string URLEncode(std::string value);
 	std::string UnixtimeToDate(time_t unixtime, std::string dateFomat = "%d %b %Y");
 	std::string UnixtimeToDateMini(time_t unixtime);
-	std::string CleanString(std::string dirtyString, size_t maxVisualSize, size_t maxStringLength);
-	std::string CleanString(std::string dirtyString, size_t maxStringLength = std::string::npos);
-	std::string CleanString(char * dirtyData, size_t maxVisualSize, size_t maxStringLength);
-	std::string CleanString(char * dirtyData, size_t maxStringLength);
+	std::string CleanString(std::string dirtyString, bool ascii, bool color, bool newlines, bool numeric = false);
+	std::string CleanString(char * dirtyData, bool ascii, bool color, bool newlines, bool numeric = false);
 	std::vector<char> VideoBufferToPNG(const VideoBuffer & vidBuf);
 	std::vector<char> VideoBufferToBMP(const VideoBuffer & vidBuf);
 	std::vector<char> VideoBufferToPPM(const VideoBuffer & vidBuf);
diff --git a/src/Misc.cpp b/src/Misc.cpp
index b60277475..4bcc3d9e3 100644
--- a/src/Misc.cpp
+++ b/src/Misc.cpp
@@ -20,36 +20,6 @@
 #include <mach-o/dyld.h>
 #endif
 
-const static char hex[] = "0123456789ABCDEF";
-std::string URLEscape(std::string source)
-{
-	char * src = (char *)source.c_str();
-	char * dst = (char *)calloc((source.length()*3)+2, 1);
-	char *d;
-	unsigned char *s;
-
-	for (d=dst; *d; d++) ;
-
-	for (s=(unsigned char *)src; *s; s++)
-	{
-		if ((*s>='0' && *s<='9') ||
-		        (*s>='a' && *s<='z') ||
-		        (*s>='A' && *s<='Z'))
-			*(d++) = *s;
-		else
-		{
-			*(d++) = '%';
-			*(d++) = hex[*s>>4];
-			*(d++) = hex[*s&15];
-		}
-	}
-	*d = 0;
-
-	std::string finalString(dst);
-	free(dst);
-	return finalString;
-}
-
 char *exe_name(void)
 {
 #if defined(WIN)
@@ -162,21 +132,6 @@ void strlist_free(struct strlist **list)
 	}
 }
 
-void clean_text(char *text, unsigned int vwidth)
-{
-	if (strlen(text)*10 > vwidth)
-	{
-		text[vwidth/10] = 0;
-	}
-	for (unsigned i = 0; i < strlen(text); i++)
-	{
-		if (! (text[i]>=' ' && text[i]<127))
-		{
-			text[i] = ' ';
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 void save_string(FILE *f, char *str)
 {
 	int li = strlen(str);
@@ -203,6 +158,7 @@ int load_string(FILE *f, char *str, int max)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+const static char hex[] = "0123456789ABCDEF";
 void strcaturl(char *dst, char *src)
 {
 	char *d;
diff --git a/src/Misc.h b/src/Misc.h
index 8c7f2d3eb..d2c6cc8dd 100644
--- a/src/Misc.h
+++ b/src/Misc.h
@@ -54,8 +54,6 @@ void strlist_free(struct strlist **list);
 
 void save_presets(int do_update);
 
-void clean_text(char *text, int vwidth);
-
 void load_presets(void);
 
 void save_string(FILE *f, char *str);
@@ -64,8 +62,6 @@ int load_string(FILE *f, char *str, int max);
 
 void strcaturl(char *dst, const char *src);
 
-std::string URLEscape(std::string source);
-
 void strappend(char *dst, const char *src);
 
 void *file_load(char *fn, int *size);
diff --git a/src/client/Client.cpp b/src/client/Client.cpp
index 42ef06ad0..39a483008 100644
--- a/src/client/Client.cpp
+++ b/src/client/Client.cpp
@@ -2010,7 +2010,7 @@ std::vector<std::pair<std::string, int> > * Client::GetTags(int start, int count
 	{
 		urlStream << "&Search_Query=";
 		if(query.length())
-			urlStream << URLEscape(query);
+			urlStream << format::URLEncode(query);
 	}
 	
 	data = http_simple_get((char *)urlStream.str().c_str(), &dataStatus, &dataLength);
@@ -2058,17 +2058,17 @@ std::vector<SaveInfo*> * Client::SearchSaves(int start, int count, std::string q
 	{
 		urlStream << "&Search_Query=";
 		if(query.length())
-			urlStream << URLEscape(query);
+			urlStream << format::URLEncode(query);
 		if(sort == "date")
 		{
 			if(query.length())
-				urlStream << URLEscape(" ");
-			urlStream << URLEscape("sort:") << URLEscape(sort);
+				urlStream << format::URLEncode(" ");
+			urlStream << format::URLEncode("sort:") << format::URLEncode(sort);
 		}
 	}
 	if(category.length())
 	{
-		urlStream << "&Category=" << URLEscape(category);
+		urlStream << "&Category=" << format::URLEncode(category);
 	}
 	if(authUser.ID)
 	{
diff --git a/src/client/GameSave.cpp b/src/client/GameSave.cpp
index 3d6d521e6..e6cd7031b 100644
--- a/src/client/GameSave.cpp
+++ b/src/client/GameSave.cpp
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ void GameSave::readOPS(char * data, int dataLength)
 							{
 								if(strcmp(bson_iterator_key(&signiter), "text")==0 && bson_iterator_type(&signiter)==BSON_STRING)
 								{
-									tempSign.text = format::CleanString(bson_iterator_string(&signiter), 255);
+									tempSign.text = format::CleanString(bson_iterator_string(&signiter), true, true, true).substr(0, 255);
 								}
 								else if(strcmp(bson_iterator_key(&signiter), "justification")==0 && bson_iterator_type(&signiter)==BSON_INT)
 								{
@@ -1713,7 +1713,7 @@ void GameSave::readPSv(char * data, int dataLength)
 			x = 254;
 		memcpy(tempSignText, d+p, x);
 		tempSignText[x] = 0;
-		tempSign.text = tempSignText;
+		tempSign.text = format::CleanString(tempSignText, true, true, true);
 		tempSigns.push_back(tempSign);
 		p += x;
 	}
diff --git a/src/gui/interface/CopyTextButton.cpp b/src/gui/interface/CopyTextButton.cpp
index 74083ffc9..14ffb5436 100644
--- a/src/gui/interface/CopyTextButton.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/interface/CopyTextButton.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ namespace ui
 	void CopyTextButton::OnMouseClick(int x, int y, unsigned int button)
 	{
 		ui::Button::OnMouseClick(x, y, button);
-		ClipboardPush((char*)ButtonText.c_str());
+		ClipboardPush(ButtonText);
 
 		copyTextLabel->SetText("Copied!");
 
diff --git a/src/gui/interface/Label.cpp b/src/gui/interface/Label.cpp
index 78a3b20a9..f15733e7b 100644
--- a/src/gui/interface/Label.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/interface/Label.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include <string>
 #include "Config.h"
+#include "Format.h"
 #include "Point.h"
 #include "Label.h"
 #include "Keys.h"
@@ -208,14 +209,15 @@ void Label::OnMouseClick(int x, int y, unsigned button)
 void Label::copySelection()
 {
 	std::string currentText = text;
+	std::string copyText;
 
-	if(selectionIndex1 > selectionIndex0) {
-		ClipboardPush((char*)currentText.substr(selectionIndex0, selectionIndex1-selectionIndex0).c_str());
-	} else if(selectionIndex0 > selectionIndex1) {
-		ClipboardPush((char*)currentText.substr(selectionIndex1, selectionIndex0-selectionIndex1).c_str());
-	} else {
-		ClipboardPush((char*)currentText.c_str());
-	}
+	if (selectionIndex1 > selectionIndex0)
+		copyText = currentText.substr(selectionIndex0, selectionIndex1-selectionIndex0).c_str();
+	else if(selectionIndex0 > selectionIndex1)
+		copyText = currentText.substr(selectionIndex1, selectionIndex0-selectionIndex1).c_str();
+	else
+		copyText = currentText.c_str();
+	ClipboardPush(format::CleanString(copyText, false, true, false));
 }
 
 void Label::OnMouseUp(int x, int y, unsigned button)
diff --git a/src/gui/interface/Textbox.cpp b/src/gui/interface/Textbox.cpp
index 29c68a252..24804bc70 100644
--- a/src/gui/interface/Textbox.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/interface/Textbox.cpp
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 #include <iostream>
 #include <stdexcept>
 #include "Config.h"
-#include "Misc.h"
+#include "Format.h"
+//#include "Misc.h"
 #include "gui/interface/Point.h"
 #include "gui/interface/Textbox.h"
 #include "gui/interface/Keys.h"
@@ -138,13 +139,14 @@ void Textbox::cutSelection()
 	{
 		if (getLowerSelectionBound() < 0 || getHigherSelectionBound() > (int)backingText.length())
 			return;
-		ClipboardPush((char*)backingText.substr(getLowerSelectionBound(), getHigherSelectionBound()-getLowerSelectionBound()).c_str());
+		std::string toCopy = backingText.substr(getLowerSelectionBound(), getHigherSelectionBound()-getLowerSelectionBound());
+		ClipboardPush(format::CleanString(toCopy, false, true, false));
 		backingText.erase(backingText.begin()+getLowerSelectionBound(), backingText.begin()+getHigherSelectionBound());
 		cursor = getLowerSelectionBound(); 
 	}
 	else
 	{
-		ClipboardPush((char*)backingText.c_str());
+		ClipboardPush(format::CleanString(backingText, false, true, false));
 		backingText.clear();
 	}
 	ClearSelection();
@@ -186,7 +188,7 @@ void Textbox::selectAll()
 
 void Textbox::pasteIntoSelection()
 {
-	std::string newText = ClipboardPull();
+	std::string newText = format::CleanString(ClipboardPull(), true, true, inputType != Multiline, inputType == Number || inputType == Numeric);
 	if (HasSelection())
 	{
 		if (getLowerSelectionBound() < 0 || getHigherSelectionBound() > (int)backingText.length())
@@ -194,41 +196,26 @@ void Textbox::pasteIntoSelection()
 		backingText.erase(backingText.begin()+getLowerSelectionBound(), backingText.begin()+getHigherSelectionBound());
 		cursor = getLowerSelectionBound();
 	}
-	for (std::string::iterator iter = newText.begin(), end = newText.end(); iter != end; ++iter)
-	{
-		if (!CharacterValid(*iter))
-		{
-			if (inputType == All || inputType == Multiline)
-			{
-				if(*iter == '\n' || *iter == '\r')
-					*iter = ' ';
-				else
-					*iter = '?';
-			}
-			else
-				*iter = '0';
-		}
-	}
 
 	int regionWidth = Size.X;
-	if(Appearance.icon)
+	if (Appearance.icon)
 		regionWidth -= 13;
 	regionWidth -= Appearance.Margin.Left;
 	regionWidth -= Appearance.Margin.Right;
 
-	if(limit!=std::string::npos)
+	if (limit != std::string::npos)
 	{
 		if(limit-backingText.length() >= 0)
 			newText = newText.substr(0, limit-backingText.length());
 		else
 			newText = "";
 	}
-	else if(!multiline && Graphics::textwidth((char*)std::string(backingText+newText).c_str()) > regionWidth)
+	else if (!multiline && Graphics::textwidth((char*)std::string(backingText+newText).c_str()) > regionWidth)
 	{
 		int pLimit = regionWidth - Graphics::textwidth((char*)backingText.c_str());
 		int cIndex = Graphics::CharIndexAtPosition((char *)newText.c_str(), pLimit, 0);
 
-		if(cIndex > 0)
+		if (cIndex > 0)
 			newText = newText.substr(0, cIndex);
 		else
 			newText = "";