[Openbox] The Count of Tuscany

Hi Addy,  I've been loving your designs, especially the Tint2 customizations.  I've been trying to alter them a bit, but have been having a problem with the weather dotfile.  When I add font awesome or other icon font then create a space to the next text, like [font awesome][space][Cloudy], the output is the correct font awesome icon, then a weird character where the space should be, then the 'Cloudy' text.  How do I get rid of the weird character where the space should be and just have it render a blank space.  I've been searching high and low for a solution and can't figure it out.  Can you help?  Thanks!