diff --git a/gnucash/report/report-system/eguile-html-utilities.scm b/gnucash/report/report-system/eguile-html-utilities.scm
index 8a7030bab1..d123f6109a 100644
--- a/gnucash/report/report-system/eguile-html-utilities.scm
+++ b/gnucash/report/report-system/eguile-html-utilities.scm
@@ -32,29 +32,24 @@
 (gnc:module-load "gnucash/report/report-system" 0)
 (gnc:module-load "gnucash/app-utils" 0)
 
+(use-modules (gnucash report eguile-gnc))
 (use-modules (ice-9 regex))  ; for regular expressions
 (use-modules (srfi srfi-13)) ; for extra string functions
 
-(define-public (escape-html s1) 
-  ;; Convert string s1 to escape HTML special characters < > and &
-  ;; i.e. convert them to &lt; &gt; and &amp; respectively.
-  ;; Maybe there's a way to do this in one go... (but order is important)
-  (set! s1 (regexp-substitute/global #f "&" s1 'pre "&amp;" 'post))
-  (set! s1 (regexp-substitute/global #f "<" s1 'pre "&lt;" 'post))
-  (regexp-substitute/global #f ">" s1 'pre "&gt;" 'post))
+(define (string-repeat s n)
+  ;; return a string made of n copies of string s
+  (string-join (make-list n s) ""))
 
 (define-public (nl->br str)
   ;; Replace newlines with <br>
-  (regexp-substitute/global #f "\n" str 'pre "<br>" 'post))
+  (string-substitute-alist str '((#\newline . "<br/>"))))
 
 (define-public (nbsp str)
   ;; Replace spaces with &nbsp; (non-breaking spaces)
-  ;; (yes, I know <nobr> is non-standard, but webkit splits e.g. "-£40.00" between
-  ;; the '-' and the '£' without it.)
-  (string-append 
-    "<nobr>" 
-    (regexp-substitute/global #f " " str 'pre "&nbsp;" 'post) 
-    "</nobr>"))
+  (string-append
+   "<span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\">"
+   (string-substitute-alist str '((#\space . "&nbsp;")))
+   "</span>"))
 
 (define-public (empty-cells n)
   ;; Display n empty table cells
@@ -63,7 +58,8 @@
 (define-public (indent-cells n)
   ;; Display n empty table cells with width attribute for indenting
   ;; (the &nbsp;s are just there in case CSS isn't working)
-  (display (string-repeat "<td min-width=\"32\" class=\"indent\">&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>" n)))
+  (display
+   (string-repeat "<td min-width=\"32\" class=\"indent\">&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>" n)))
 
 (define-public (negstyle item)
   ;; apply styling for negative amounts
@@ -86,9 +82,13 @@
 (define-public (display-comm-coll-total comm-coll negative?)
   ;; Display the total(s) of a commodity collector as HTML
   (for-each
-    (lambda (pair)
-      (display (nbsp (gnc:monetary->string pair))))
-    (comm-coll 'format gnc:make-gnc-monetary negative?)))
+   (lambda (pair)
+     (display (nbsp (gnc:monetary->string pair))))
+   (comm-coll 'format gnc:make-gnc-monetary negative?)))
+
+;; (thanks to Peter Brett for this regexp and the use of match:prefix)
+(define fontre
+  (make-regexp "([[:space:]]+(bold|semi-bold|book|regular|medium|light))?([[:space:]]+(normal|roman|italic|oblique))?([[:space:]]+(condensed))?[[:space:]]+([[:digit:]]+)" regexp/icase))
 
 (define-public (font-name-to-style-info font-name)
   ;;; Convert a font name as return by a font option to CSS format.
@@ -98,31 +98,28 @@
          (font-weight "normal")
          (font-style  "normal")
          (font-size   "medium")
-         (match "")
-         ; (thanks to Peter Brett for this regexp and the use of match:prefix)
-         (fontre (make-regexp "([[:space:]]+(bold|semi-bold|book|regular|medium|light))?([[:space:]]+(normal|roman|italic|oblique))?([[:space:]]+(condensed))?[[:space:]]+([[:digit:]]+)" regexp/icase))
          (match (regexp-exec fontre font-name)))
-    (if match
-      (begin
-        ; font name parsed OK -- assemble the bits for CSS
-        (set! font-family (match:prefix match))
-        (if (match:substring match 2)
-          ; weight given -- some need translating
+    (when match
+      ;; font name parsed OK -- assemble the bits for CSS
+      (set! font-family (match:prefix match))
+      (if (match:substring match 2)
+          ;; weight given -- some need translating
           (let ((weight (match:substring match 2)))
             (cond
-              ((string-ci=? weight "bold")      (set! font-weight "bold"))
-              ((string-ci=? weight "semi-bold") (set! font-weight "600"))
-              ((string-ci=? weight "light")     (set! font-weight "200")))))
-        (if (match:substring match 4)
-          ; style 
+             ((string-ci=? weight "bold")      (set! font-weight "bold"))
+             ((string-ci=? weight "semi-bold") (set! font-weight "600"))
+             ((string-ci=? weight "light")     (set! font-weight "200")))))
+      (if (match:substring match 4)
+          ;; style
           (let ((style (match:substring match 4)))
             (cond
-              ((string-ci=? style "italic")  (set! font-style "italic"))
-              ((string-ci=? style "oblique") (set! font-style "oblique")))))
-        ; ('condensed' is ignored)
-        (if (match:substring match 7)
-          ; size is in points
-          (set! font-size (string-append (match:substring match 7) "pt")))))
-    ; construct the result (the order of these is important)
-    (string-append "font: " font-weight " " font-style " " font-size " \"" font-family "\";")))
+             ((string-ci=? style "italic")  (set! font-style "italic"))
+             ((string-ci=? style "oblique") (set! font-style "oblique")))))
+      ;; ('condensed' is ignored)
+      (if (match:substring match 7)
+          ;; size is in points
+          (set! font-size (string-append (match:substring match 7) "pt"))))
+    ;; construct the result (the order of these is important)
+    (string-append "font: " font-weight " " font-style
+                   " " font-size " \"" font-family "\";")))