diff --git a/Source/plrmsg.cpp b/Source/plrmsg.cpp
index 12ec7d5c1..33f760b3a 100644
--- a/Source/plrmsg.cpp
+++ b/Source/plrmsg.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
  */
 #include "plrmsg.h"
 
+#include <algorithm>
+
 #include <fmt/format.h>
 
 #include "DiabloUI/ui_flags.hpp"
@@ -12,6 +14,7 @@
 #include "engine/render/text_render.hpp"
 #include "inv.h"
 #include "utils/language.h"
+#include "utils/stdcompat/string_view.hpp"
 #include "utils/utf8.hpp"
 
 namespace devilution {
@@ -26,13 +29,11 @@ _plrmsg plr_msgs[PMSG_COUNT];
 /** Maps from player_num to text color, as used in chat messages. */
 const UiFlags TextColorFromPlayerId[MAX_PLRS + 1] = { UiFlags::ColorWhite, UiFlags::ColorWhite, UiFlags::ColorWhite, UiFlags::ColorWhite, UiFlags::ColorWhitegold };
 
-void PrintChatMessage(const Surface &out, int x, int y, int width, char *text, UiFlags style)
+void PrintChatMessage(const Surface &out, int x, int y, int width, char *textPtr, UiFlags style)
 {
-	int length = strlen(text);
-	for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
-		if (text[i] == '\n')
-			text[i] = ' ';
-	}
+	const size_t length = strlen(textPtr);
+	std::replace(textPtr, textPtr + length, '\n', ' ');
+	const string_view text{textPtr, length};
 	DrawString(out, WordWrapString(text, width), { { x, y }, { width, 0 } }, style, 1, 10);
 }
 
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ void SendPlrMsg(int pnum, const char *pszStr)
 	auto &player = Players[pnum];
 	assert(strlen(player._pName) < PLR_NAME_LEN);
 	assert(strlen(pszStr) < MAX_SEND_STR_LEN);
-	strcpy(pMsg->str, fmt::format(_("{:s} (lvl {:d}): {:s}"), player._pName, player._pLevel, pszStr).c_str());
+	CopyUtf8(pMsg->str, fmt::format(_("{:s} (lvl {:d}): {:s}"), player._pName, player._pLevel, pszStr), sizeof(pMsg->str));
 }
 
 void ClearPlrMsg()