diff --git a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plGImage/plDynamicTextMap.cpp b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plGImage/plDynamicTextMap.cpp
index f0e935a2..e862c6cf 100644
--- a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plGImage/plDynamicTextMap.cpp
+++ b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plGImage/plDynamicTextMap.cpp
@@ -815,8 +815,8 @@ bool    plDynamicTextMap::MsgReceive( plMessage *msg )
         if( textMsg->fCmd & plDynamicTextMsg::kSetTextColor )
             SetTextColor( textMsg->fColor, textMsg->fBlockRGB );
 
-        if( (textMsg->fCmd & plDynamicTextMsg::kSetFont ) && textMsg->fString)
-            SetFont( textMsg->fString, textMsg->fX, (uint8_t)(textMsg->fFlags) );
+        if( (textMsg->fCmd & plDynamicTextMsg::kSetFont ) && !textMsg->fString.IsNull())
+            SetFont( textMsg->fString.ToWchar(), textMsg->fX, (uint8_t)(textMsg->fFlags) );
         
         if( textMsg->fCmd & plDynamicTextMsg::kSetLineSpacing )
             SetLineSpacing( textMsg->fLineSpacing );
@@ -832,16 +832,16 @@ bool    plDynamicTextMap::MsgReceive( plMessage *msg )
             FrameRect( textMsg->fLeft, textMsg->fTop, textMsg->fRight - textMsg->fLeft + 1,
                         textMsg->fBottom - textMsg->fTop + 1, textMsg->fColor );
 
-        if( (textMsg->fCmd & plDynamicTextMsg::kDrawString ) && textMsg->fString)
-            DrawString( textMsg->fX, textMsg->fY, textMsg->fString );
+        if( (textMsg->fCmd & plDynamicTextMsg::kDrawString ) && !textMsg->fString.IsNull())
+            DrawString( textMsg->fX, textMsg->fY, textMsg->fString.ToWchar() );
 
-        if( (textMsg->fCmd & plDynamicTextMsg::kDrawClippedString ) && textMsg->fString)
-            DrawClippedString( textMsg->fX, textMsg->fY, textMsg->fString,
+        if( (textMsg->fCmd & plDynamicTextMsg::kDrawClippedString ) && !textMsg->fString.IsNull())
+            DrawClippedString( textMsg->fX, textMsg->fY, textMsg->fString.ToWchar(),
                                 textMsg->fLeft, textMsg->fTop, textMsg->fRight - textMsg->fLeft + 1,
                                 textMsg->fBottom - textMsg->fTop + 1 );
 
-        if( (textMsg->fCmd & plDynamicTextMsg::kDrawWrappedString ) && textMsg->fString)
-            DrawWrappedString( textMsg->fX, textMsg->fY, textMsg->fString, textMsg->fRight, textMsg->fBottom );
+        if( (textMsg->fCmd & plDynamicTextMsg::kDrawWrappedString ) && !textMsg->fString.IsNull())
+            DrawWrappedString( textMsg->fX, textMsg->fY, textMsg->fString.ToWchar(), textMsg->fRight, textMsg->fBottom );
 
         if( textMsg->fCmd & plDynamicTextMsg::kDrawImage )
         {
diff --git a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plMessage/plDynamicTextMsg.cpp b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plMessage/plDynamicTextMsg.cpp
index 3b4861fc..ceebb8b4 100644
--- a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plMessage/plDynamicTextMsg.cpp
+++ b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plMessage/plDynamicTextMsg.cpp
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ void    plDynamicTextMsg::SetFont( const char *face, int16_t size, bool isBold )
     hsAssert( ( fCmd & ( kPosCmds | kStringCmds | kFlagCmds ) ) == 0, "Attempting to issue conflicting drawText commands" );
     fCmd &= ~( kPosCmds | kStringCmds | kFlagCmds );
     fCmd |= kSetFont; 
-    fString = hsStringToWString( face );
+    fString = face;
     fX = size;
     fFlags = (uint32_t)isBold;
 }
@@ -123,9 +123,7 @@ void    plDynamicTextMsg::DrawString( int16_t x, int16_t y, const wchar_t *text
     fCmd &= ~( kStringCmds | kPosCmds );
     fCmd |= kDrawString; 
 
-    fString = new wchar_t[wcslen(text)+1];
-    wcscpy( fString, text );
-    fString[wcslen(text)] = L'\0';
+    fString = plString::FromWchar(text);
     fX = x;
     fY = y;
 }
@@ -143,9 +141,7 @@ void    plDynamicTextMsg::DrawClippedString( int16_t x, int16_t y, uint16_t clip
     fCmd &= ~( kStringCmds | kPosCmds | kRectCmds );
     fCmd |= kDrawClippedString; 
 
-    fString = new wchar_t[wcslen(text)+1];
-    wcscpy( fString, text );
-    fString[wcslen(text)] = L'\0';
+    fString = plString::FromWchar(text);
     fX = x;
     fY = y;
 
@@ -168,9 +164,7 @@ void    plDynamicTextMsg::DrawWrappedString( int16_t x, int16_t y, uint16_t wrap
     fCmd &= ~( kStringCmds | kPosCmds | kRectCmds );
     fCmd |= kDrawWrappedString; 
 
-    fString = new wchar_t[wcslen(text)+1];
-    wcscpy( fString, text );
-    fString[wcslen(text)] = L'\0';
+    fString = plString::FromWchar(text);
     fX = x;
     fY = y;
 
@@ -222,7 +216,7 @@ void    plDynamicTextMsg::Read( hsStream *s, hsResMgr *mgr )
     fClearColor.Read( s );
     fColor.Read( s );
 
-    fString = s->ReadSafeWString();
+    fString = s->ReadSafeWString_TEMP();
     fImageKey = mgr->ReadKey( s );
 
     s->ReadLE( &fFlags );
@@ -253,7 +247,8 @@ void    plDynamicTextMsg::Write( hsStream *s, hsResMgr *mgr )
     fClearColor.Write( s );
     fColor.Write( s );
 
-    s->WriteSafeWString( plString::FromWchar(fString) );
+    s->WriteSafeWString(fString);
+
     mgr->WriteKey( s, fImageKey );
 
     s->WriteLE( fFlags );
@@ -306,7 +301,7 @@ void plDynamicTextMsg::ReadVersion(hsStream* s, hsResMgr* mgr)
     if (contentFlags.IsBitSet(kDynTextMsgColor))
         fColor.Read( s );
     if (contentFlags.IsBitSet(kDynTextMsgString))
-        fString = s->ReadSafeWString();
+        fString = s->ReadSafeWString_TEMP();
     if (contentFlags.IsBitSet(kDynTextMsgImageKey))
         fImageKey = mgr->ReadKey( s );
     if (contentFlags.IsBitSet(kDynTextMsgFlags))
@@ -360,7 +355,7 @@ void plDynamicTextMsg::WriteVersion(hsStream* s, hsResMgr* mgr)
     fColor.Write( s );
 
     // kDynTextMsgString
-    s->WriteSafeWString( plString::FromWchar(fString) );
+    s->WriteSafeWString( fString );
     // kDynTextMsgImageKey
     mgr->WriteKey( s, fImageKey );
 
diff --git a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plMessage/plDynamicTextMsg.h b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plMessage/plDynamicTextMsg.h
index 9de28e8b..9f800450 100644
--- a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plMessage/plDynamicTextMsg.h
+++ b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plMessage/plDynamicTextMsg.h
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ protected:
     hsColorRGBA fColor;
 
     // String
-    wchar_t     *fString;
+    plString fString;
 
     // Mipmap
     plKey       fImageKey;
@@ -84,8 +84,10 @@ protected:
     int16_t     fLineSpacing;
 
 public:
-    plDynamicTextMsg() : plMessage( nil, nil, nil ) { fCmd = 0; fString = nil; fImageKey = nil; fFlags = 0; fBlockRGB = false; }
-    ~plDynamicTextMsg() { delete [] fString; }
+    plDynamicTextMsg() :
+        plMessage(nullptr, nullptr, nullptr),
+        fCmd(0), fImageKey(nullptr), fFlags(0), fBlockRGB(false)
+    { }
 
     CLASSNAME_REGISTER( plDynamicTextMsg );
     GETINTERFACE_ANY( plDynamicTextMsg, plMessage );
diff --git a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plNetCommon/plNetMsgScreener.cpp b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plNetCommon/plNetMsgScreener.cpp
index 4afe7e2a..a5e575a8 100644
--- a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plNetCommon/plNetMsgScreener.cpp
+++ b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plNetCommon/plNetMsgScreener.cpp
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ plNetMsgScreener::Answer plNetMsgScreener::IAllowMessageType(int16_t classIndex,
     case CLASS_INDEX_SCOPED(plEnableMsg):
     case CLASS_INDEX_SCOPED(plLinkToAgeMsg):
     case CLASS_INDEX_SCOPED(plSubWorldMsg):
+    case CLASS_INDEX_SCOPED(plDynamicTextMsg):
         return kYes;
 
     // conditionally yes, requires further validation of msg contents