diff --git a/src/entities/text_support.rs b/src/entities/text_support.rs
index 3820d3a03..842ec3a33 100644
--- a/src/entities/text_support.rs
+++ b/src/entities/text_support.rs
@@ -515,8 +515,14 @@ pub fn parse_mtext_paragraphs_ex(
                     chars.next();
                     if chars.peek() == Some(&'+') {
                         chars.next();
-                        let mut hex = String::with_capacity(6);
-                        for _ in 0..6 {
+                        // A `\U+XXXX` escape is exactly four hex digits (a BMP
+                        // code point). Reading more greedily swallows the
+                        // following literal characters — e.g. the diameter
+                        // value `\U+220520` ("⌀20") was parsed as code point
+                        // 0x220520, which is out of range, so the whole text
+                        // vanished. (#139)
+                        let mut hex = String::with_capacity(4);
+                        for _ in 0..4 {
                             match chars.peek() {
                                 Some(&c) if c.is_ascii_hexdigit() => {
                                     hex.push(chars.next().unwrap());
diff --git a/src/scene/convert/tessellate.rs b/src/scene/convert/tessellate.rs
index feba76ea2..528b78e2e 100644
--- a/src/scene/convert/tessellate.rs
+++ b/src/scene/convert/tessellate.rs
@@ -286,7 +286,16 @@ pub fn tessellate(
                 let result = tessellate_vertex(&v);
                 match result {
                     TruckTessResult::Point([x, y, z], [xl, yl, zl]) => {
-                        let s = 0.1_f32;
+                        // A PDMODE=0 point is a single dot. Size its marker to
+                        // ~1 px so it reads as a dot rather than a large
+                        // world-space "+" in small drawings — otherwise the
+                        // dimension def-points on the Defpoints layer litter
+                        // the view with crosses. The tessellation cache keys on
+                        // world-per-pixel, so this re-sizes on zoom and stays a
+                        // constant on-screen size. (#139)
+                        let s = world_per_pixel
+                            .map(|w| (w * 0.75).max(1e-6))
+                            .unwrap_or(0.1);
                         let snap_pts = te.snap_pts;
                         let key_vertices: Vec<[f64; 3]> = te
                             .key_vertices