--- signwriter.module	Wed Feb 10 13:51:46 2010
+++ signwriter.module	Wed Feb 10 13:52:25 2010
@@ -984,8 +984,7 @@
     return $text;
   }
 
-  $text = _signwriter_strip_tags($text);
-  $alttext= htmlspecialchars($text, ENT_QUOTES);
+  $alttext = $text = _signwriter_strip_tags($text);
   $titletext = $profile->use_title_text ? $alttext : '';
   $imgsrc = signwriter_image($text, $profile, $tag, $imageinfo);