diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/audio_clock.cc b/gtk2_ardour/audio_clock.cc
index 0e189f5c88..f46b56c1a1 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/audio_clock.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/audio_clock.cc
@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ AudioClock::AudioClock (const string& clock_name, bool transient, const string&
 	_left_btn.set_sizing_text (_("0000000000000"));
 	_right_btn.set_sizing_text (_("0000000000000"));
 
-	_left_btn.set_layout_font (UIConfiguration::instance().get_SmallMonospaceFont());
-	_right_btn.set_layout_font (UIConfiguration::instance().get_SmallMonospaceFont());
+	_left_btn.set_layout_font (UIConfiguration::instance().get_ArdourSmallFont());
+	_right_btn.set_layout_font (UIConfiguration::instance().get_ArdourSmallFont());
 
 	UIConfiguration::instance().ColorsChanged.connect (sigc::mem_fun (*this, &AudioClock::set_colors));
 	UIConfiguration::instance().DPIReset.connect (sigc::mem_fun (*this, &AudioClock::dpi_reset));
@@ -1336,7 +1336,6 @@ AudioClock::set_bbt (timecnt_t const & w, bool /*force*/)
 
 		TempoMetric m (TempoMap::use()->metric_at (pos));
 
-#ifndef PLATFORM_WINDOWS
 		/* UTF8 1/4 note and 1/8 note ♩ (\u2669) and ♪ (\u266a) are n/a on Windows */
 		if (m.tempo().note_type() == 4) {
 			snprintf (buf, sizeof(buf), "\u2669 = %.3f", m.tempo().note_types_per_minute_at_DOUBLE (pos));
@@ -1344,9 +1343,7 @@ AudioClock::set_bbt (timecnt_t const & w, bool /*force*/)
 		} else if (m.tempo().note_type() == 8) {
 			snprintf (buf, sizeof(buf), "\u266a = %.3f", m.tempo().note_types_per_minute_at_DOUBLE (pos));
 			_left_btn.set_text (string_compose ("%1", buf), false);
-		} else
-#endif
-		{
+		} else {
 			snprintf (buf, sizeof(buf), "1/%d = %.3f",m.tempo().note_type(), m.tempo().note_types_per_minute_at_DOUBLE (pos));
 			_left_btn.set_text (buf, false);
 		}
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/export_report.cc b/gtk2_ardour/export_report.cc
index af53860ba9..73cd713bf8 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/export_report.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/export_report.cc
@@ -683,27 +683,15 @@ ExportReport::init (const AnalysisResults & ar, bool with_file)
 
 			/* calc max status width */
 			int max_wx = 10;
-			layout->set_font_description (UIConfiguration::instance ().get_LargeFont ());
+			layout->set_font_description (UIConfiguration::instance ().get_ArdourLargeFont ());
 
-#if (defined PLATFORM_WINDOWS || defined __APPLE__)
-			layout->set_text ("X");
-#else
 			layout->set_text ("\u274C"); // cross mark
-#endif
 			layout->get_pixel_size (w, h);
 			max_wx = std::max (max_wx, w);
-#ifdef PLATFORM_WINDOWS
-			layout->set_text ("\u2713"); // check mark
-#else
 			layout->set_text ("\U0001F509"); // speaker icon w/1 bar
-#endif
 			layout->get_pixel_size (w, h);
 			max_wx = std::max (max_wx, w);
-#ifdef __APPLE__
-			layout->set_text ("\u2713"); // check mark
-#else
 			layout->set_text ("\u2714"); // heavy check mark
-#endif
 			layout->get_pixel_size (w, h);
 			max_wx = std::max (max_wx, w);
 
@@ -773,32 +761,20 @@ ExportReport::init (const AnalysisResults & ar, bool with_file)
 				layout->show_in_cairo_context (cr);
 				cr->move_to (xl + w + 5, yl);
 
-				layout->set_font_description (UIConfiguration::instance ().get_LargeFont ());
+				layout->set_font_description (UIConfiguration::instance ().get_ArdourLargeFont ());
 				cr->set_source_rgba (.9, .9, .9, 1.0);
 				if (lufs > pi->LUFS_range[0]
 						|| (pi->enable[0] && dbfs > pi->level[0])
 						|| (pi->enable[1] && dbtp > pi->level[1])
 					 ) {
 					cr->set_source_rgba (1, 0, .0, 1.0);
-#if (defined PLATFORM_WINDOWS || defined __APPLE__)
-					layout->set_text ("X");
-#else
 					layout->set_text ("\u274C"); // cross mark
-#endif
 				} else if (lufs < pi->LUFS_range[1]) {
 					cr->set_source_rgba (.6, .7, 0, 1.0);
-#ifdef PLATFORM_WINDOWS
-					layout->set_text ("\u2713"); // check mark
-#else
 					layout->set_text ("\U0001F509"); // speaker icon w/1 bar
-#endif
 				} else {
 					cr->set_source_rgba (.1, 1, .1, 1.0);
-#ifdef __APPLE__
-					layout->set_text ("\u2713"); // check mark
-#else
 					layout->set_text ("\u2714"); // heavy check mark
-#endif
 				}
 				int ww, hh;
 				layout->get_pixel_size (ww, hh);
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/loudness_dialog.cc b/gtk2_ardour/loudness_dialog.cc
index 5cd7e4c457..1db16c30ba 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/loudness_dialog.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/loudness_dialog.cc
@@ -819,30 +819,18 @@ LoudnessDialog::test_conformity ()
 		    || (preset.enable[0] && dbfs > preset.level[0])
 		    || (preset.enable[1] && dbtp > preset.level[1])
 		   ) {
-#ifdef PLATFORM_WINDOWS
-			l = manage (new Label ("X", ALIGN_CENTER)); // cross mark
-#else
 			l = manage (new Label ("\u274C", ALIGN_CENTER)); // cross mark
-#endif
-			l->modify_font (UIConfiguration::instance ().get_BigFont ());
+			l->modify_font (UIConfiguration::instance ().get_ArdourBigFont ());
 			l->modify_fg (Gtk::STATE_NORMAL, color_fail);
 			set_tooltip (*l, "The signal is too loud.");
 		} else if (lufs_i < preset.LUFS_range[1]) {
-#ifdef PLATFORM_WINDOWS
-			l = manage (new Label ("\u2713", ALIGN_CENTER)); // check mark
-#else
 			l = manage (new Label ("\U0001F509", ALIGN_CENTER)); // speaker icon w/1 bar
-#endif
-			l->modify_font (UIConfiguration::instance ().get_BigFont ());
+			l->modify_font (UIConfiguration::instance ().get_ArdourBigFont ());
 			l->modify_fg (Gtk::STATE_NORMAL, color_warn);
 			set_tooltip (*l, "The signal is too quiet, but satisfies the max. loudness spec.");
 		} else {
-#ifdef __APPLE__
-			l = manage (new Label ("\u2713", ALIGN_CENTER)); // check mark
-#else
 			l = manage (new Label ("\u2714", ALIGN_CENTER)); // heavy check mark
-#endif
-			l->modify_font (UIConfiguration::instance ().get_BigFont ());
+			l->modify_font (UIConfiguration::instance ().get_ArdourBigFont ());
 			l->modify_fg (Gtk::STATE_NORMAL, color_good);
 			set_tooltip (*l, "Signal loudness is within the spec.");
 			Gtkmm2ext::set_size_request_to_display_given_text (*l, "\u274C\u2713", 0, 0);
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/region_view.cc b/gtk2_ardour/region_view.cc
index 4a86aec798..44e108bf1b 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/region_view.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/region_view.cc
@@ -802,11 +802,7 @@ RegionView::make_name () const
 	}
 
 	if (_region->muted()) {
-#ifdef __APPLE__
-		str = string ("!") + str;
-#else
 		str = std::string("\U0001F507") + str; // SPEAKER WITH CANCELLATION STROKE
-#endif
 	}
 
 	return str;
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/time_axis_view_item.cc b/gtk2_ardour/time_axis_view_item.cc
index 1786ecabf6..7109fb8e70 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/time_axis_view_item.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/time_axis_view_item.cc
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ double TimeAxisViewItem::NAME_HIGHLIGHT_THRESH;
 void
 TimeAxisViewItem::set_constant_heights ()
 {
-	NAME_FONT = Pango::FontDescription (UIConfiguration::instance().get_SmallFont());
+	NAME_FONT = Pango::FontDescription (UIConfiguration::instance().get_ArdourSmallFont());
 
 	Gtk::Window win;
 	Gtk::Label foo;