diff --git a/lib/ace/layer/text.js b/lib/ace/layer/text.js
index a105768d..01afb9f3 100644
--- a/lib/ace/layer/text.js
+++ b/lib/ace/layer/text.js
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ var Text = function(parentEl) {
     this.EOL_CHAR_LF = "\xAC";
     this.EOL_CHAR_CRLF = "\xa4";
     this.EOL_CHAR = this.EOL_CHAR_LF;
-    this.TAB_CHAR = "\u2192"; //"\u21E5";
+    this.TAB_CHAR = "\u2014"; //"\u21E5";
     this.SPACE_CHAR = "\xB7";
     this.$padding = 0;
 
@@ -128,8 +128,7 @@ var Text = function(parentEl) {
         for (var i = 1; i < tabSize + 1; i++) {
             if (this.showInvisibles) {
                 tabStr.push("<span class='ace_invisible ace_invisible_tab'>"
-                    + this.TAB_CHAR
-                    + lang.stringRepeat(" ", i - 1)
+                    + lang.stringRepeat(this.TAB_CHAR, i)
                     + "</span>");
             } else {
                 tabStr.push(lang.stringRepeat(" ", i));
@@ -145,7 +144,7 @@ var Text = function(parentEl) {
                 spaceClass = " ace_invisible_space";
                 tabClass = " ace_invisible_tab";
                 var spaceContent = lang.stringRepeat(this.SPACE_CHAR, this.tabSize);
-                var tabContent = this.TAB_CHAR + lang.stringRepeat(" ", this.tabSize - 1);
+                var tabContent = lang.stringRepeat(this.TAB_CHAR, this.tabSize);
             } else{
                 var spaceContent = lang.stringRepeat(" ", this.tabSize);
                 var tabContent = spaceContent;
diff --git a/lib/ace/layer/text_test.js b/lib/ace/layer/text_test.js
index e3403ca4..3946ec66 100644
--- a/lib/ace/layer/text_test.js
+++ b/lib/ace/layer/text_test.js
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ module.exports = {
         var EOL = "<span class='ace_invisible ace_invisible_eol'>" + textLayer.EOL_CHAR + "</span>";
         var SPACE = function(i) {return Array(i+1).join(" ")}
         var DOT = function(i) {return Array(i+1).join(textLayer.SPACE_CHAR)}
-        var TAB = function(i) {return textLayer.TAB_CHAR + SPACE(i-1)}
+        var TAB = function(i) {return Array(i+1).join(textLayer.TAB_CHAR)}
         function testRender(results) {
             for (var i = results.length; i--; ) {
                 var stringBuilder = [];