diff --git a/src/dotfiles/util.nix b/src/dotfiles/util.nix
index b461c7c..01c44ff 100644
--- a/src/dotfiles/util.nix
+++ b/src/dotfiles/util.nix
@@ -25,6 +25,14 @@ in
 
   removeNixSuffix = path: lib.removeSuffix ".nix" (builtins.baseNameOf path);
 
+  glyph =
+    code:
+    builtins.fromJSON (
+      "\""
+      + (if builtins.isList code then lib.concatMapStrings (part: "\\u${part}") code else "\\u${code}")
+      + "\""
+    );
+
   registry.predicates.uniqueValue = uniqueValue;
 
   registry.predicates.uniquePerHost =