diff --git a/src/Text/AbstractFontConverter.cpp b/src/Text/AbstractFontConverter.cpp
index ebd8cca31..94c626c31 100644
--- a/src/Text/AbstractFontConverter.cpp
+++ b/src/Text/AbstractFontConverter.cpp
@@ -22,13 +22,14 @@
     DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 */
 
+#include "AbstractFontConverter.h"
+
+#include <algorithm>
 #include <fstream>
 #include <Containers/Array.h>
 #include <Utility/Assert.h>
 #include <Utility/Unicode.h>
 
-#include "AbstractFontConverter.h"
-
 namespace Magnum { namespace Text {
 
 AbstractFontConverter::AbstractFontConverter() = default;
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ std::vector<std::pair<std::string, Containers::Array<unsigned char>>> AbstractFo
     CORRADE_ASSERT(features() >= (Feature::ExportFont|Feature::ConvertData),
         "Text::AbstractFontConverter::exportFontToData(): feature not supported", {});
 
-    return doExportFontToData(font, cache, filename, Utility::Unicode::utf32(characters));
+    return doExportFontToData(font, cache, filename, uniqueUnicode(characters));
 }
 
 std::vector<std::pair<std::string, Containers::Array<unsigned char>>> AbstractFontConverter::doExportFontToData(AbstractFont* const font, GlyphCache* const cache, const std::string& filename, const std::u32string& characters) const {
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ Containers::Array<unsigned char> AbstractFontConverter::exportFontToSingleData(A
     CORRADE_ASSERT(!(features() & Feature::MultiFile),
         "Text::AbstractFontConverter::exportFontToSingleData(): the format is not single-file", nullptr);
 
-    return doExportFontToSingleData(font, cache, Utility::Unicode::utf32(characters));
+    return doExportFontToSingleData(font, cache, uniqueUnicode(characters));
 }
 
 Containers::Array<unsigned char> AbstractFontConverter::doExportFontToSingleData(AbstractFont*, GlyphCache*, const std::u32string&) const {
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ bool AbstractFontConverter::exportFontToFile(AbstractFont* const font, GlyphCach
     CORRADE_ASSERT(features() & Feature::ExportFont,
         "Text::AbstractFontConverter::exportFontToFile(): feature not supported", false);
 
-    return doExportFontToFile(font, cache, filename, Utility::Unicode::utf32(characters));
+    return doExportFontToFile(font, cache, filename, uniqueUnicode(characters));
 }
 
 bool AbstractFontConverter::doExportFontToFile(AbstractFont* const font, GlyphCache* const cache, const std::string& filename, const std::u32string& characters) const {
@@ -213,4 +214,15 @@ GlyphCache* AbstractFontConverter::doImportGlyphCacheFromFile(const std::string&
     return doImportGlyphCacheFromSingleData(data);
 }
 
+std::u32string AbstractFontConverter::uniqueUnicode(const std::string& characters) {
+    /* Convert UTF-8 to UTF-32 */
+    std::u32string result = Utility::Unicode::utf32(characters);
+
+    /* Remove duplicate glyphs */
+    std::sort(result.begin(), result.end());
+    result.erase(std::unique(result.begin(), result.end()), result.end());
+
+    return std::move(result);
+}
+
 }}
diff --git a/src/Text/AbstractFontConverter.h b/src/Text/AbstractFontConverter.h
index 97ff78d08..c4508a7c0 100644
--- a/src/Text/AbstractFontConverter.h
+++ b/src/Text/AbstractFontConverter.h
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ Provides functionality for converting arbitrary font to different format.
 @section AbstractFontConverter-subclassing Subclassing
 
 Plugin implements doFeatures() and one or more of `exportTo*()` / `importFrom*()`
-functions based on what features are supported.
+functions based on what features are supported. Characters passed to font
+exporting functions are converted to list of unique UTF-32 characters.
 
 You don't need to do most of the redundant sanity checks, these things are
 checked by the implementation:
@@ -304,6 +305,9 @@ class MAGNUM_TEXT_EXPORT AbstractFontConverter: public PluginManager::AbstractPl
          * with its contents.
          */
         virtual GlyphCache* doImportGlyphCacheFromFile(const std::string& filename) const;
+
+    private:
+        MAGNUM_TEXT_LOCAL static std::u32string uniqueUnicode(const std::string& characters);
 };
 
 CORRADE_ENUMSET_OPERATORS(AbstractFontConverter::Features)
diff --git a/src/Text/Test/AbstractFontConverterTest.cpp b/src/Text/Test/AbstractFontConverterTest.cpp
index b5c9cf380..e27626cac 100644
--- a/src/Text/Test/AbstractFontConverterTest.cpp
+++ b/src/Text/Test/AbstractFontConverterTest.cpp
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ class AbstractFontConverterTest: public TestSuite::Tester {
     public:
         explicit AbstractFontConverterTest();
 
+        void convertGlyphs();
+
         void exportFontToSingleData();
         void exportFontToFile();
 
@@ -48,7 +50,9 @@ class AbstractFontConverterTest: public TestSuite::Tester {
 };
 
 AbstractFontConverterTest::AbstractFontConverterTest() {
-    addTests({&AbstractFontConverterTest::exportFontToSingleData,
+    addTests({&AbstractFontConverterTest::convertGlyphs,
+
+              &AbstractFontConverterTest::exportFontToSingleData,
               &AbstractFontConverterTest::exportFontToFile,
 
               &AbstractFontConverterTest::exportGlyphCacheToSingleData,
@@ -58,6 +62,29 @@ AbstractFontConverterTest::AbstractFontConverterTest() {
               &AbstractFontConverterTest::importGlyphCacheFromFile});
 }
 
+void AbstractFontConverterTest::convertGlyphs() {
+    class GlyphExporter: public AbstractFontConverter {
+        public:
+            GlyphExporter(std::u32string& characters): characters(characters) {}
+
+        private:
+            Features doFeatures() const override { return Feature::ConvertData|Feature::ExportFont; }
+
+            Containers::Array<unsigned char> doExportFontToSingleData(AbstractFont*, GlyphCache*, const std::u32string& characters) const override {
+                this->characters = characters;
+                return {};
+            }
+
+            std::u32string& characters;
+    };
+
+    std::u32string characters;
+    GlyphExporter exporter(characters);
+    exporter.exportFontToSingleData(nullptr, nullptr, "abC01a0 ");
+    CORRADE_COMPARE(characters, (std::u32string{
+            U' ', U'0', U'1', U'C', U'a', U'b'}));
+}
+
 void AbstractFontConverterTest::exportFontToSingleData() {
     class SingleDataExporter: public Text::AbstractFontConverter {
         private: