diff --git a/allegro_schrift.c b/allegro_schrift.c
index b97e811..dddd860 100644
--- a/allegro_schrift.c
+++ b/allegro_schrift.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ ALLEGRO_FONT *al_load_ttf_font_f(ALLEGRO_FILE *file,
       al_get_config_value(system_cfg, "ttf", "cache_text");
 		if (!cache_text_str) {
 			ALLEGRO_ERROR("No characters defined in cache_text! Using defaults\n");
-			cache_text_str = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789 ";
+			cache_text_str = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789.,!?/()@#$%^&*-_=+<>~`\u007F ";
 		}
 
 		// read font file