diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawSVGTemplate.cpp b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawSVGTemplate.cpp
index 0043ba6628..9ac88d5234 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawSVGTemplate.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawSVGTemplate.cpp
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ App::DocumentObjectExecReturn * DrawSVGTemplate::execute(void)
     outfragment = boost::regex_replace(newfragment, e3, fmt);
 
     const QString qsOut = QString::fromStdString(outfragment);
-    QDomDocument doc(QString::fromAscii("mydocument"));
+    QDomDocument doc(QString::fromLatin1("mydocument"));
 
     //if (!doc.setContent(&resultFile)) {
     if (!doc.setContent(qsOut)) {
@@ -236,13 +236,13 @@ App::DocumentObjectExecReturn * DrawSVGTemplate::execute(void)
     Base::Quantity quantity;
 
     // Obtain the width
-    QString str = docElem.attribute(QString::fromAscii("width"));
+    QString str = docElem.attribute(QString::fromLatin1("width"));
     quantity = Base::Quantity::parse(str);
     quantity.setUnit(Base::Unit::Length);
 
     Width.setValue(quantity.getValue());
 
-    str = docElem.attribute(QString::fromAscii("height"));
+    str = docElem.attribute(QString::fromLatin1("height"));
     quantity = Base::Quantity::parse(str);
     quantity.setUnit(Base::Unit::Length);
 
diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIProjGroup.cpp b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIProjGroup.cpp
index 8013936953..f622a63b47 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIProjGroup.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIProjGroup.cpp
@@ -113,28 +113,28 @@ QVariant QGIProjGroup::itemChange(GraphicsItemChange change, const QVariant &val
             TechDraw::DrawView *fView = gView->getViewObject();
             if(fView->getTypeId().isDerivedFrom(TechDraw::DrawProjGroupItem::getClassTypeId())) {
                 TechDraw::DrawProjGroupItem *projItemPtr = static_cast<TechDraw::DrawProjGroupItem *>(fView);
-                QString type = QString::fromAscii(projItemPtr->Type.getValueAsString());
+                QString type = QString::fromLatin1(projItemPtr->Type.getValueAsString());
 
-                if (type == QString::fromAscii("Front")) {
+                if (type == QString::fromLatin1("Front")) {
                     gView->setLocked(true);
                     installSceneEventFilter(gView);
                     App::DocumentObject *docObj = getViewObject();
                     TechDraw::DrawProjGroup *projectionGroup = dynamic_cast<TechDraw::DrawProjGroup *>(docObj);
                     projectionGroup->Anchor.setValue(fView);
                     updateView();
-                } else if ( type == QString::fromAscii("Top") ||
-                    type == QString::fromAscii("Bottom")) {
-                    gView->alignTo(origin, QString::fromAscii("Vertical"));
-                } else if ( type == QString::fromAscii("Left")  ||
-                            type == QString::fromAscii("Right") ||
-                            type == QString::fromAscii("Rear") ) {
-                    gView->alignTo(origin, QString::fromAscii("Horizontal"));
-                } else if ( type == QString::fromAscii("FrontTopRight") ||
-                            type == QString::fromAscii("FrontBottomLeft") ) {
-                    gView->alignTo(origin, QString::fromAscii("45slash"));
-                } else if ( type == QString::fromAscii("FrontTopLeft") ||
-                            type == QString::fromAscii("FrontBottomRight") ) {
-                    gView->alignTo(origin, QString::fromAscii("45backslash"));
+                } else if ( type == QString::fromLatin1("Top") ||
+                    type == QString::fromLatin1("Bottom")) {
+                    gView->alignTo(origin, QString::fromLatin1("Vertical"));
+                } else if ( type == QString::fromLatin1("Left")  ||
+                            type == QString::fromLatin1("Right") ||
+                            type == QString::fromLatin1("Rear") ) {
+                    gView->alignTo(origin, QString::fromLatin1("Horizontal"));
+                } else if ( type == QString::fromLatin1("FrontTopRight") ||
+                            type == QString::fromLatin1("FrontBottomLeft") ) {
+                    gView->alignTo(origin, QString::fromLatin1("45slash"));
+                } else if ( type == QString::fromLatin1("FrontTopLeft") ||
+                            type == QString::fromLatin1("FrontBottomRight") ) {
+                    gView->alignTo(origin, QString::fromLatin1("45backslash"));
                 }
             }
          }
diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIView.cpp b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIView.cpp
index 4fb21a490a..e85602d805 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIView.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIView.cpp
@@ -113,17 +113,17 @@ QVariant QGIView::itemChange(GraphicsItemChange change, const QVariant &value)
             QGraphicsItem*item = alignHash.begin().value();
             QString alignMode   = alignHash.begin().key();
 
-            if(alignMode == QString::fromAscii("Vertical")) {
+            if(alignMode == QString::fromLatin1("Vertical")) {
                 newPos.setX(item->pos().x());
-            } else if(alignMode == QString::fromAscii("Horizontal")) {
+            } else if(alignMode == QString::fromLatin1("Horizontal")) {
                 newPos.setY(item->pos().y());
-            } else if(alignMode == QString::fromAscii("45slash")) {
+            } else if(alignMode == QString::fromLatin1("45slash")) {
                 double dist = ( (newPos.x() - item->pos().x()) +
                                 (item->pos().y() - newPos.y()) ) / 2.0;
 
                 newPos.setX( item->pos().x() + dist);
                 newPos.setY( item->pos().y() - dist );
-            } else if(alignMode == QString::fromAscii("45backslash")) {
+            } else if(alignMode == QString::fromLatin1("45backslash")) {
                 double dist = ( (newPos.x() - item->pos().x()) +
                                 (newPos.y() - item->pos().y()) ) / 2.0;
 
diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIViewDimension.cpp b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIViewDimension.cpp
index 6f0e10f294..917a8be1f2 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIViewDimension.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIViewDimension.cpp
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ void QGIViewDimension::updateView(bool update)
        dim->Font.isTouched()) {
         QFont font = datumLabel->font();
         font.setPointSizeF(dim->Fontsize.getValue());          //scene units (mm), not points
-        font.setFamily(QString::fromAscii(dim->Font.getValue()));
+        font.setFamily(QString::fromLatin1(dim->Font.getValue()));
 
         datumLabel->setFont(font);
         datumLabel->setLabelCenter();
diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/ViewProviderPage.cpp b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/ViewProviderPage.cpp
index 2cc2ed05bf..54478b202e 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/ViewProviderPage.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/ViewProviderPage.cpp
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ bool ViewProviderPage::showMDIViewPage()
         Gui::Document* doc = Gui::Application::Instance->getDocument
             (pcObject->getDocument());
         view = new MDIViewPage(this, doc, Gui::getMainWindow());
-        view->setWindowTitle(QObject::tr("Drawing viewer") + QString::fromAscii("[*]"));
+        view->setWindowTitle(QObject::tr("Drawing viewer") + QString::fromLatin1("[*]"));
         view->setWindowIcon(Gui::BitmapFactory().pixmap("TechDraw_Tree_Page"));
         view->updateDrawing(true);
      //   view->updateTemplate(true);   //TODO: I don't think this is necessary?  Ends up triggering a reload of SVG template, but the MDIViewPage constructor does too.