diff --git a/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-battery b/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-battery
index aa579582e..7de345b8a 100755
--- a/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-battery
+++ b/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-battery
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-red="\e[31m"
-orange="\e[33m"
-cyan="\e[36m"
-green="\e[32m"
-white="\e[37m"
-reset="\e[0m"
+red="\033[31m"
+orange="\033[33m"
+cyan="\033[36m"
+green="\033[32m"
+white="\033[37m"
+reset="\033[0m"
 for battery in /sys/class/power_supply/BAT?*; do
 	pidof -x sbd-battery >/dev/null 2>&1 || sbd-battery "$battery" >/dev/null 2>&1 &
 	[ -n "${capacity+x}" ] && printf " "
@@ -65,5 +65,5 @@ for battery in /sys/class/power_supply/BAT?*; do
 		;;
 	*) exit 1 ;;
 	esac
-	printf "$color%s$reset %d" "$icon" "$capacity"
+	printf "%b" "$color$icon$reset $capacity"
 done && printf "\\n"
diff --git a/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-cpu b/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-cpu
index fc2f87955..0e9e3e80d 100755
--- a/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-cpu
+++ b/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-cpu
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # TODO: Add color
-sensors | awk '/Core 0/ {print "\e[11m🌡\e[10m" $3}'
+sensors | awk '/Core 0/ {print "\033[11m🌡\033[10m" $3}'
diff --git a/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-cpubars b/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-cpubars
index 5e54d3ece..342b6710f 100755
--- a/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-cpubars
+++ b/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-cpubars
@@ -1,9 +1,17 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+
+reset="\033[0m"
+normal="\033[10m"
+big="\033[11m"
+red="\033[31m"
+green="\033[32m"
+orange="\033[33m"
+
 cache=/tmp/cpubarscache
 stats=$(awk '/cpu[0-9]+/ {printf "%d %d %d\n", substr($1,4), ($2 + $3 + $4 + $5), $5 }' /proc/stat)
 [ ! -f $cache ] && echo "$stats" >"$cache"
 old=$(cat "$cache")
-printf "\e[11m﬙\e[10m "
+printf "%b" "$big﬙$normal "  
 echo "$stats" | while read -r row; do
 	id=${row%% *}
 	rest=${row#* }
@@ -12,15 +20,15 @@ echo "$stats" | while read -r row; do
 	case "$(echo "$old" | awk '{if ($1 == id)
 		printf "%d\n", (1 - (idle - $3)  / (total - $2))*100 /12.5}' \
 		id="$id" total="$total" idle="$idle")" in
-	"0") printf "\e[32m▁" ;;
-	"1") printf "\e[32m▂" ;;
-	"2") printf "\e[32m▃" ;;
-	"3") printf "\e[33m▄" ;;
-	"4") printf "\e[33m▅" ;;
-	"5") printf "\e[33m▆" ;;
-	"6" | "7" | "8") printf "\e[31m▇" ;;
+	"0") printf "%b" "$green▁" ;;
+	"1") printf "%b" "$green▂" ;;
+	"2") printf "%b" "$green▃" ;;
+	"3") printf "%b" "$orange▄" ;;
+	"4") printf "%b" "$orange▅" ;;
+	"5") printf "%b" "$orange▆" ;;
+	"6" | "7" | "8") printf "%b" "$red▇" ;;
 
 	esac
 done
-printf "\e[0m\n"
+printf "%b" "$reset\n"
 echo "$stats" >"$cache"
diff --git a/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-disk b/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-disk
index d4aa64995..e2a48b8d7 100755
--- a/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-disk
+++ b/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-disk
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # $1 should be drive mountpoint, otherwise assumed /.
+
+reset="\033[0m"
+big="\033[11m"
+
 location=${1:-/}
 [ -d "$location" ] || exit
-printf "\e[11m\e[10m %s\n" "$(df -h "$location" | awk ' /[0-9]/ {print $3 "/" $2}')"
+printf "%b" "$big$reset $(df -h "$location" | awk ' /[0-9]/ {print $3 "/" $2}')\n"
diff --git a/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-forecast b/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-forecast
index deb924ecf..7922066f3 100755
--- a/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-forecast
+++ b/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-forecast
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 # NOTE: This script takes its dwmblocks update signal as an argument so that it can refresh itself (defaults to 5)
 # Options can be found at https://wttr.in/:help
 
+reset="\033[0m"
+big="\033[11m"
+verybig="\033[12m"
+red="\033[31m"
+blue="\033[34m"
+
 weatherfile="$XDG_CACHE_HOME/weatherreport"
 emojifile="$XDG_CACHE_HOME/weatheremoji"
 url="wttr.in/$LOCATION"
@@ -17,19 +23,19 @@ fresh() {
 	[ -s "$weatherfile" ] && [ "$(stat -c %y "$weatherfile" 2>/dev/null | cut -d' ' -f1)" = "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d')" ]
 }
 readfile() {
-    weather="$(cat "$weatherfile")"
-    precipitation="$(echo "$weather" | sed '16q;d' | grep -wo "[0-9]*%" | sort -rn | head -1q)"
-    highlow="$(echo "$weather" | sed '13q;d' | grep -o "m\\([-+]\\)*[0-9]\\+" | sed 's/[+m]//g' | sort -g | sed -e 1b -e '$!d')"
-    emoji="$(cat "$emojifile")"
+	weather="$(cat "$weatherfile")"
+	precipitation="$(echo "$weather" | sed '16q;d' | grep -wo "[0-9]*%" | sort -rn | head -1q)"
+	highlow="$(echo "$weather" | sed '13q;d' | grep -o "m\\([-+]\\)*[0-9]\\+" | sed 's/[+m]//g' | sort -g | sed -e 1b -e '$!d')"
+	emoji="$(cat "$emojifile")"
 }
 output() {
-    readfile
-    printf "\e[12m%s\e[10m %s \e[34;11m\e[0m %s° \e[31;11m\e[0m %s°\n" "$emoji" "$precipitation" $highlow
+	readfile
+	printf "%b" "$verybig$emoji$reset $precipitation $big$blue$reset $(echo $highlow | cut -d" " -f1)° $big$red$reset $(echo $highlow | cut -d" " -f2)°\n"
 }
 
 if fresh; then
-    output
+	output
 else
-    getforecast && pkill -RTMIN+${1:-5} dwmblocks &
-    printf " Getting Weather\n"
+	getforecast && pkill -RTMIN+${1:-5} dwmblocks &
+	printf "%b" "$big$reset Getting Weather\n"
 fi
diff --git a/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-internet b/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-internet
index 47639e2b1..d9be7977e 100755
--- a/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-internet
+++ b/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-internet
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 shift=""
 
+reset="\033[0m"
+big="\033[11m"
+
 if ls /sys/class/net/w*/operstate 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then
 	for w in /sys/class/net/w*/; do
 		percent="$(cat /proc/net/wireless | grep "$(basename "$(dirname $w/operstate)")" | tr -s ' ' | cut -d ' ' -f3 | tr -dc "[:digit:]")"
 		grep -vxq '0x1003' "$w/flags" && wifi_icon="" || wifi_icon="$(sed "s/up/直/;s/down/睊/;s/dormant/睊/" $w/operstate | tr -d "[:space:]")"
-		printf "$shift\e[11m%s\e[10m %s" "$wifi_icon" "$percent"
+		printf "%b" "$shift$big$wifi$icon$reset $percent"
 		shift=" "
 	done
 fi
@@ -13,16 +16,16 @@ fi
 if ls /sys/class/net/e*/operstate 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then
 	for e in /sys/class/net/e*/operstate; do
 		if_icon="$(sed "s/down//;s/up//" $e)"
-		printf "$shift\e[11m%s\e[10m" "$if_icon"
+		printf "%b" "$shift$big$if_icon$reset"
 		shift=" "
 	done
 fi
 
 if ls /sys/class/net/tun*/operstate 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then
 	for _ in /sys/class/net/tun*/operstate; do
-		printf "$shift\e[11m%s\e[10m" "嬨"
+		printf "%b" "$shift$big嬨$reset"
 		shift=" "
 	done
 fi
 
-printf "\n"
+printf "%b" "\n"
diff --git a/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-nettraf b/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-nettraf
index 0e5f82ca8..b093b0745 100755
--- a/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-nettraf
+++ b/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-nettraf
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-big="\e[11m"
-reset="\e[10m"
+big="\033[11m"
+reset="\033[0m"
 
 update() {
 	sum=0
@@ -11,9 +11,10 @@ update() {
 	done
 	cache=/tmp/${1##*/}
 	[ -f "$cache" ] && read -r old <"$cache" || old=0
-	printf %d\\n "$sum" >"$cache"
-	printf %d\\n $((sum - old))
+	printf "%b" "$sum\n" >"$cache"
+	printf "%b" "$((sum - old))\n"
 }
+
 rx=$(update /sys/class/net/[ew]*/statistics/rx_bytes)
 tx=$(update /sys/class/net/[ew]*/statistics/tx_bytes)
-printf "$big$reset%5sB $big$reset%5sB\\n" $(numfmt --to=iec "$rx" "$tx")
+printf "%b%5sB %b%5sB%b" "$big$reset" "$(numfmt --to=iec "$rx")" "$big$reset" "$(numfmt --to=iec "$tx")" "\n"
diff --git a/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-packages b/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-packages
index 3cc45eed8..bc551873d 100755
--- a/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-packages
+++ b/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-packages
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-icon="\e[11m\e[10m"
+big="\033[11m"
+reset="\033[0m"
+icon=""
 
 if command -v pacman 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then
     num="$(pacman -Qu | grep -Fcv "[ignored]")"
-    [ "$num" -gt 0 ] && printf "%b %i" "$icon" "$num"
+    [ "$num" -gt 0 ] && printf "%b" "$big$icon$reset$num"
 fi
 
 if command -v apt 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then
@@ -15,5 +17,5 @@ if command -v apt 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then
         out="$out$i/"
     done
 
-    [ -n "$updates_available" ] && printf "%b %s" "$icon" "$(echo "$out" | sed 's/\/$//')"
+    [ -n "$updates_available" ] && printf "%b" "$big$icon$reset $(echo "$out" | sed 's/\/$//')"
 fi
diff --git a/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-playerctl b/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-playerctl
index ca87dacd3..a017d19ef 100755
--- a/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-playerctl
+++ b/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-playerctl
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-big="\e[11m"
-reset="\e[10m"
+big="\033[11m"
+reset="\033[0m"
 
 pidof -x sbd-playerctl >/dev/null 2>&1 || sbd-playerctl >/dev/null 2>&1 &
 [ "$(playerctl status 2>&1)" = "No players found" ] && printf "%bﱙ%b" "$big" "$reset" && exit 1
diff --git a/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-volume b/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-volume
index 1459f107c..a2a6cb013 100755
--- a/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-volume
+++ b/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-volume
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+big="\033[11m"
+reset="\033[0m"
+
 # Prints the current volume or ﱝ if muted.
 [ "$(pamixer --get-mute)" = true ] && echo "\e[11mﱝ\e[10m" && exit
 vol="$(pamixer --get-volume)"
@@ -12,6 +15,6 @@ elif [ "$vol" -gt "0" ]; then
 elif [ "$vol" -eq "0" ]; then
 	icon=""
 else
-	printf "\e[11m\e[10m " && exit
+	printf "%b%b " "\e[11m" "\e[0m" && exit
 fi
-printf "\e[11m%s\e[10m %s\n" "$icon" "$vol"
+printf "%b" "$big$icon$reset $vol\n"
diff --git a/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-xkbmap b/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-xkbmap
index db9306e45..a0888006b 100755
--- a/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-xkbmap
+++ b/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-xkbmap
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # pidof -x sbd-xkbmap >/dev/null 2>&1 || sbd-xkbmap >/dev/null 2>&1 &
-printf "\e[11m\e[10m %s\n" "$(setxkbmap -query | grep -oP '(layout|variant):\s*\K\w+' | sed ':a;N;s/\n/:/')"
+big="\033[11m"
+reset="\033[0m"
+printf "%b" "$big$reset $(setxkbmap -query | grep -oP '(layout|variant):\s*\K\w+' | sed ':a;N;s/\n/:/')\n"