Index: utils/ofhttp/OFHTTP.m
==================================================================
--- utils/ofhttp/OFHTTP.m
+++ utils/ofhttp/OFHTTP.m
@@ -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;
 

Index: utils/ofhttp/ProgressBar.h
==================================================================
--- utils/ofhttp/ProgressBar.h
+++ utils/ofhttp/ProgressBar.h
@@ -22,10 +22,11 @@
 
 #define BPS_WINDOW_SIZE 10
 
 @interface ProgressBar: OFObject
 {
+	bool _useUnicode;
 	unsigned long long _received, _lastReceived, _length, _resumedFrom;
 	OFDate *_startDate, *_lastReceivedDate;
 	OFTimer *_drawTimer, *_BPSTimer;
 	bool _stopped;
 	float _BPS;
@@ -33,11 +34,12 @@
 	float _BPSWindow[BPS_WINDOW_SIZE];
 	size_t _BPSWindowIndex, _BPSWindowLength;
 }
 
 - (instancetype)initWithLength: (unsigned long long)length
-		   resumedFrom: (unsigned long long)resumedFrom;
+		   resumedFrom: (unsigned long long)resumedFrom
+		    useUnicode: (bool)useUnicode OF_DESIGNATED_INITIALIZER;
 - (void)setReceived: (unsigned long long)received;
 - (void)draw;
 - (void)calculateBPSAndETA;
 - (void)stop;
 @end

Index: utils/ofhttp/ProgressBar.m
==================================================================
--- utils/ofhttp/ProgressBar.m
+++ utils/ofhttp/ProgressBar.m
@@ -33,16 +33,18 @@
 #define UPDATE_INTERVAL 0.1
 
 @implementation ProgressBar
 - (instancetype)initWithLength: (unsigned long long)length
 		   resumedFrom: (unsigned long long)resumedFrom
+		    useUnicode: (bool)useUnicode
 {
 	self = [super init];
 
 	@try {
 		void *pool = objc_autoreleasePoolPush();
 
+		_useUnicode = useUnicode;
 		_length = length;
 		_resumedFrom = resumedFrom;
 		_startDate = [[OFDate alloc] init];
 		_lastReceivedDate = [[OFDate alloc] init];
 		_drawTimer = [[OFTimer
@@ -99,39 +101,63 @@
 	bars = (float)(_resumedFrom + _received) /
 	    (float)(_resumedFrom + _length) * barWidth;
 	percent = (float)(_resumedFrom + _received) /
 	    (float)(_resumedFrom + _length) * 100;
 
-	[of_stdout writeString: @"\r  ▕"];
-
-	for (size_t i = 0; i < (size_t)bars; i++)
-		[of_stdout writeString: @"█"];
-	if (bars < barWidth) {
-		float rem = bars - truncf(bars);
-
-		if (rem >= 0.875)
-			[of_stdout writeString: @"▉"];
-		else if (rem >= 0.75)
-			[of_stdout writeString: @"▊"];
-		else if (rem >= 0.625)
-			[of_stdout writeString: @"▋"];
-		else if (rem >= 0.5)
-			[of_stdout writeString: @"▌"];
-		else if (rem >= 0.375)
-			[of_stdout writeString: @"▍"];
-		else if (rem >= 0.25)
-			[of_stdout writeString: @"▎"];
-		else if (rem >= 0.125)
-			[of_stdout writeString: @"▏"];
-		else
-			[of_stdout writeString: @" "];
-
-		for (size_t i = 0; i < barWidth - (size_t)bars - 1; i++)
-			[of_stdout writeString: @" "];
-	}
-
-	[of_stdout writeFormat: @"▏ %,6.2f%% ", percent];
+	if (_useUnicode) {
+		[of_stdout writeString: @"\r  ▕"];
+
+		for (size_t i = 0; i < (size_t)bars; i++)
+			[of_stdout writeString: @"█"];
+		if (bars < barWidth) {
+			float rem = bars - truncf(bars);
+
+			if (rem >= 0.875)
+				[of_stdout writeString: @"▉"];
+			else if (rem >= 0.75)
+				[of_stdout writeString: @"▊"];
+			else if (rem >= 0.625)
+				[of_stdout writeString: @"▋"];
+			else if (rem >= 0.5)
+				[of_stdout writeString: @"▌"];
+			else if (rem >= 0.375)
+				[of_stdout writeString: @"▍"];
+			else if (rem >= 0.25)
+				[of_stdout writeString: @"▎"];
+			else if (rem >= 0.125)
+				[of_stdout writeString: @"▏"];
+			else
+				[of_stdout writeString: @" "];
+
+			for (size_t i = 0; i < barWidth - (size_t)bars - 1; i++)
+				[of_stdout writeString: @" "];
+		}
+
+		[of_stdout writeFormat: @"▏ %,6.2f%% ", percent];
+	} else {
+		[of_stdout writeString: @"\r  ["];
+
+		for (size_t i = 0; i < (size_t)bars; i++)
+			[of_stdout writeString: @"#"];
+		if (bars < barWidth) {
+			float rem = bars - truncf(bars);
+
+			if (rem >= 0.75)
+				[of_stdout writeString: @"O"];
+			else if (rem >= 0.5)
+				[of_stdout writeString: @"o"];
+			else if (rem >= 0.25)
+				[of_stdout writeString: @"."];
+			else
+				[of_stdout writeString: @" "];
+
+			for (size_t i = 0; i < barWidth - (size_t)bars - 1; i++)
+				[of_stdout writeString: @" "];
+		}
+
+		[of_stdout writeFormat: @"] %,6.2f%% ", percent];
+	}
 
 	if (percent == 100) {
 		double timeInterval = -_startDate.timeIntervalSinceNow;
 
 		_BPS = (float)_received / (float)timeInterval;