diff --git a/commands/drawDesign.cjs b/commands/drawDesign.cjs
index 4909454..648aa70 100644
--- a/commands/drawDesign.cjs
+++ b/commands/drawDesign.cjs
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ function design4(input) {
 	}
 	return outputString;
 }
+const surrogatePairs = /[\uD800-\uDBFF][\uDC00-\uDFFF]/g;
 var charIterateState;
 function charIterate(input) {
 	if (charIterateState == undefined) {
@@ -218,6 +219,9 @@ function charIterate(input) {
 	} else {
 		if (charIterateState < (input.length - 1)) {
 			charIterateState++;
+			if (surrogatePairs.exec(input.charCodeAt(charIterateState)) !== null) {
+				charIterateState++;
+			}
 		} else {
 			charIterateState = 0;
 		}
@@ -288,7 +292,7 @@ function design5(input) {
 function fixedCharAt(str, idx) {
 	str = String(str);
   
-	const surrogatePairs = /[\uD800-\uDBFF][\uDC00-\uDFFF]/g;
+	//const surrogatePairs = /[\uD800-\uDBFF][\uDC00-\uDFFF]/g;
 	while (surrogatePairs.exec(str) !== null) {
 	  const lastIdx = surrogatePairs.lastIndex;
 	  if (lastIdx - 2 < idx) {