diff --git a/extensions/git/src/artifactProvider.ts b/extensions/git/src/artifactProvider.ts
index fc249633f9b..a3631d11752 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/artifactProvider.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/artifactProvider.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ function getArtifactDescription(ref: Ref, shortCommitLength: number): string {
 		segments.push(ref.commitDetails.message.split('\n')[0]);
 	}
 
-	return segments.join(' • ');
+	return segments.join(' \u2022 ');
 }
 
 export class GitArtifactProvider implements SourceControlArtifactProvider, IDisposable {
diff --git a/extensions/git/src/commands.ts b/extensions/git/src/commands.ts
index cbfab555f9a..cf97c0849a3 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/commands.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/commands.ts
@@ -3192,7 +3192,7 @@ export class CommandCenter {
 
 			await commands.executeCommand('_workbench.openMultiDiffEditor', {
 				multiDiffSourceUri,
-				title: `${ref1DisplayId} ↔ ${ref2DisplayId}`,
+				title: `${ref1DisplayId} \u2194 ${ref2DisplayId}`,
 				resources
 			});
 		} catch (err) {
@@ -4889,7 +4889,7 @@ export class CommandCenter {
 		else if (item.previousRef === 'HEAD' && item.ref === '~') {
 			title = l10n.t('{0} (Index)', basename);
 		} else {
-			title = l10n.t('{0} ({1}) ↔ {0} ({2})', basename, item.shortPreviousRef, item.shortRef);
+			title = l10n.t('{0} ({1}) \u2194 {0} ({2})', basename, item.shortPreviousRef, item.shortRef);
 		}
 
 		return {
@@ -5006,7 +5006,7 @@ export class CommandCenter {
 		}
 
 
-		const title = l10n.t('{0} ↔ {1}', leftTitle, rightTitle);
+		const title = l10n.t('{0} \u2194 {1}', leftTitle, rightTitle);
 		await commands.executeCommand('vscode.diff', selected.ref === '' ? uri : toGitUri(uri, selected.ref), item.ref === '' ? uri : toGitUri(uri, item.ref), title);
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/scm/browser/scmHistoryViewPane.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/scm/browser/scmHistoryViewPane.ts
index b60017001e2..4c03f38c193 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/scm/browser/scmHistoryViewPane.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/scm/browser/scmHistoryViewPane.ts
@@ -333,11 +333,11 @@ registerAction2(class extends Action2 {
 		let title: string, historyItemId: string, historyItemParentId: string | undefined;
 
 		if (historyItem.id === SCMIncomingHistoryItemId) {
-			title = `${historyItem.subject} - ${historyItemRef?.name} ↔ ${historyItemRemoteRef?.name}`;
+			title = `${historyItem.subject} - ${historyItemRef?.name} \u2194 ${historyItemRemoteRef?.name}`;
 			historyItemId = historyProvider!.historyItemRemoteRef.get()!.id;
 			historyItemParentId = historyItem.parentIds[0];
 		} else if (historyItem.id === SCMOutgoingHistoryItemId) {
-			title = `${historyItem.subject} - ${historyItemRemoteRef?.name} ↔ ${historyItemRef?.name}`;
+			title = `${historyItem.subject} - ${historyItemRemoteRef?.name} \u2194 ${historyItemRef?.name}`;
 			historyItemId = historyProvider!.historyItemRef.get()!.id;
 			historyItemParentId = historyItem.parentIds[0];
 		} else {
@@ -2013,7 +2013,7 @@ export class SCMHistoryViewPane extends ViewPane {
 				const originalUriTitle = `${basename(historyItemChange.originalUri.fsPath)} (${historyItemParentDisplayId})`;
 				const modifiedUriTitle = `${basename(historyItemChange.modifiedUri.fsPath)} (${historyItemDisplayId})`;
 
-				const title = `${originalUriTitle} ↔ ${modifiedUriTitle}`;
+				const title = `${originalUriTitle} \u2194 ${modifiedUriTitle}`;
 				await this._editorService.openEditor({
 					label: title,
 					original: { resource: historyItemChange.originalUri },