@@ -64,10 +64,11 @@
 	size_t _URLIndex;
 	int _errorCode;
 	OFString *_outputPath, *_currentFileName;
 	bool _continue, _force, _detectFileName, _detectFileNameRequest;
 	bool _detectedFileName, _quiet, _verbose, _insecure, _ignoreStatus;
+	bool _useUnicode;
 	OFStream *_body;
 	of_http_request_method_t _method;
 	OFMutableDictionary *_clientHeaders;
 	OFHTTPClient *_HTTPClient;
 	char *_buffer;
@@ -575,10 +576,12 @@
 	}
 
 	if (_insecure)
 		_HTTPClient.allowsInsecureRedirects = true;
 
+	_useUnicode = ([OFLocale encoding] == OF_STRING_ENCODING_UTF_8);
+
 	[self performSelector: @selector(downloadNextURL)
 		   afterDelay: 0];
 }
 
 -    (void)client: (OFHTTPClient *)client
@@ -626,12 +629,16 @@
 						key, object];
 
 		objc_autoreleasePoolPop(pool);
 	}
 
-	if (!_quiet)
-		[of_stdout writeFormat: @"☇ %@", URL.string];
+	if (!_quiet) {
+		if (_useUnicode)
+			[of_stdout writeFormat: @"☇ %@", URL.string];
+		else
+			[of_stdout writeFormat: @"< %@", URL.string];
+	}
 
 	_length = 0;
 
 	return true;
 }
@@ -708,11 +715,14 @@
 	if (!_quiet) {
 		OFString *lengthString =
 		    [headers objectForKey: @"Content-Length"];
 		OFString *type = [headers objectForKey: @"Content-Type"];
 
-		[of_stdout writeFormat: @" ➜ %hd\n", statusCode];
+		if (_useUnicode)
+			[of_stdout writeFormat: @" ➜ %hd\n", statusCode];
+		else
+			[of_stdout writeFormat: @" -> %hd\n", statusCode];
 
 		if (type == nil)
 			type = OF_LOCALIZED(@"type_unknown", @"unknown");
 
 		if (lengthString != nil) {
@@ -961,11 +971,12 @@
 	}
 
 	if (!_quiet) {
 		_progressBar = [[ProgressBar alloc]
 		    initWithLength: _length
-		       resumedFrom: _resumedFrom];
+		       resumedFrom: _resumedFrom
+			useUnicode: _useUnicode];
 		[_progressBar setReceived: _received];
 		[_progressBar draw];
 	}
 
 	[_currentFileName release];
@@ -1024,12 +1035,16 @@
 	}
 
 	clientHeaders = [[_clientHeaders mutableCopy] autorelease];
 
 	if (_detectFileName && !_detectedFileName) {
-		if (!_quiet)
-			[of_stdout writeFormat: @"⠒ %@", URL.string];
+		if (!_quiet) {
+			if (_useUnicode)
+				[of_stdout writeFormat: @"⠒ %@", URL.string];
+			else
+				[of_stdout writeFormat: @"? %@", URL.string];
+		}
 
 		request = [OFHTTPRequest requestWithURL: URL];
 		request.headers = clientHeaders;
 		request.method = OF_HTTP_REQUEST_METHOD_HEAD;
 
@@ -1068,12 +1083,16 @@
 					  forKey: @"Range"];
 		} @catch (OFRetrieveItemAttributesFailedException *e) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (!_quiet)
-		[of_stdout writeFormat: @"⇣ %@", URL.string];
+	if (!_quiet) {
+		if (_useUnicode)
+			[of_stdout writeFormat: @"⇣ %@", URL.string];
+		else
+			[of_stdout writeFormat: @"< %@", URL.string];
+	}
 
 	request = [OFHTTPRequest requestWithURL: URL];
 	request.headers = clientHeaders;
 	request.method = _method;