diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/osgText/IO_Font.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/osgText/IO_Font.cpp
index ceed0db35..42cd53c60 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/osgText/IO_Font.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/osgText/IO_Font.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ bool Font_writeLocalData(const osg::Object &obj, osgDB::Output &fw)
 
     fw.indent() << "parameters ";
     fw << myobj.getPointSize() << " " << myobj.getTextureSize() << " ";
-    fw << "\"" << myobj.getFontName() << "\"" << std::endl;
+    fw << fw.wrapString(myobj.getFontName()) << std::endl;
 
     return true;
 }
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/osgText/IO_Text.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/osgText/IO_Text.cpp
index 2b32b6b92..3c88c1e9a 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/osgText/IO_Text.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/osgText/IO_Text.cpp
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ bool Text_writeLocalData(const osg::Object &obj, osgDB::Output &fw)
     fw.writeObject(*myobj.getFont());
 
     // text
-    fw.indent() << "text \"" << myobj.getText() << "\"" << std::endl;
+    fw.indent() << "text " << fw.wrapString(myobj.getText()) << std::endl;
 
     return true;
 }