diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/layouts/settings/settings.py b/selfdrive/ui/layouts/settings/settings.py
index d4dc420b7f..1389f92cb6 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/layouts/settings/settings.py
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/layouts/settings/settings.py
@@ -12,9 +12,10 @@ from openpilot.system.ui.lib.text_measure import measure_text_cached
 from openpilot.selfdrive.ui.layouts.network import NetworkLayout
 from openpilot.system.ui.lib.widget import Widget
 
-# Import individual panels
+# Settings close button
+SETTINGS_CLOSE_TEXT = "×"
+SETTINGS_CLOSE_TEXT_Y_OFFSET = 8  # The '×' character isn't quite vertically centered in the font so we need to offset it a bit to fully center it
 
-SETTINGS_CLOSE_TEXT = "X"
 # Constants
 SIDEBAR_WIDTH = 500
 CLOSE_BTN_SIZE = 200
@@ -62,7 +63,6 @@ class SettingsLayout(Widget):
     }
 
     self._font_medium = gui_app.font(FontWeight.MEDIUM)
-    self._font_bold = gui_app.font(FontWeight.SEMI_BOLD)
 
     # Callbacks
     self._close_callback: Callable | None = None
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ class SettingsLayout(Widget):
 
     # Close button
     close_btn_rect = rl.Rectangle(
-      rect.x + (rect.width - CLOSE_BTN_SIZE) / 2, rect.y + 45, CLOSE_BTN_SIZE, CLOSE_BTN_SIZE
+      rect.x + (rect.width - CLOSE_BTN_SIZE) / 2, rect.y + 60, CLOSE_BTN_SIZE, CLOSE_BTN_SIZE
     )
 
     pressed = (rl.is_mouse_button_down(rl.MouseButton.MOUSE_BUTTON_LEFT) and
@@ -92,12 +92,12 @@ class SettingsLayout(Widget):
     close_color = CLOSE_BTN_PRESSED if pressed else CLOSE_BTN_COLOR
     rl.draw_rectangle_rounded(close_btn_rect, 1.0, 20, close_color)
 
-    close_text_size = measure_text_cached(self._font_bold, SETTINGS_CLOSE_TEXT, 140)
+    close_text_size = measure_text_cached(self._font_medium, SETTINGS_CLOSE_TEXT, 140)
     close_text_pos = rl.Vector2(
       close_btn_rect.x + (close_btn_rect.width - close_text_size.x) / 2,
-      close_btn_rect.y + (close_btn_rect.height - close_text_size.y) / 2,
+      close_btn_rect.y + (close_btn_rect.height - close_text_size.y) / 2 - SETTINGS_CLOSE_TEXT_Y_OFFSET,
     )
-    rl.draw_text_ex(self._font_bold, SETTINGS_CLOSE_TEXT, close_text_pos, 140, 0, TEXT_SELECTED)
+    rl.draw_text_ex(self._font_medium, SETTINGS_CLOSE_TEXT, close_text_pos, 140, 0, TEXT_SELECTED)
 
     # Store close button rect for click detection
     self._close_btn_rect = close_btn_rect
diff --git a/system/ui/lib/application.py b/system/ui/lib/application.py
index 12d825b99f..95330d0525 100644
--- a/system/ui/lib/application.py
+++ b/system/ui/lib/application.py
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ class GuiApplication:
     for layout in KEYBOARD_LAYOUTS.values():
       all_chars.update(key for row in layout for key in row)
     all_chars = "".join(all_chars)
-    all_chars += "–✓°"
+    all_chars += "–✓×°"
 
     codepoint_count = rl.ffi.new("int *", 1)
     codepoints = rl.load_codepoints(all_chars, codepoint_count)