diff --git a/presets/variant-slant.conf b/presets/variant-slant.conf
index 4aa5afb..5a0bd2d 100644
--- a/presets/variant-slant.conf
+++ b/presets/variant-slant.conf
@@ -8,18 +8,17 @@ DOTMATRIX_MARK=${DOTMATRIX_MARK:-""}
 DOTMATRIX_LINE=${DOTMATRIX_LINE:-"━"}
 DOTMATRIX_PLUG=${DOTMATRIX_PLUG:-""}
 DOTMATRIX_SOFT=${DOTMATRIX_SOFT:-"╱"}
-DOTMATRIX_MEAN=${DOTMATRIX_MEAN:-""}
-
+DOTMATRIX_MEAN=${DOTMATRIX_MEAN:-" "}
 DOTMATRIX_LINK=( ${DOTMATRIX_LINK[@]+"${DOTMATRIX_LINK[@]}"} )
-[[ ${#DOTMATRIX_LINK[@]} == 0 ]] && DOTMATRIX_LINK=("" "" "")
+[[ ${#DOTMATRIX_LINK[@]} == 0 ]] && DOTMATRIX_LINK=("" "" " ")
 DOTMATRIX_LINK_R=( ${DOTMATRIX_LINK_R[@]+"${DOTMATRIX_LINK_R[@]}"} )
 [[ ${#DOTMATRIX_LINK_R[@]} == 0 ]] && DOTMATRIX_LINK_R=("" "" "")
 DOTMATRIX_OPEN=( ${DOTMATRIX_OPEN[@]+"${DOTMATRIX_OPEN[@]}"} )
-[[ ${#DOTMATRIX_OPEN[@]} == 0 ]] && DOTMATRIX_OPEN=("" "" "")
+[[ ${#DOTMATRIX_OPEN[@]} == 0 ]] && DOTMATRIX_OPEN=("" "" " ")
 DOTMATRIX_DANG=( ${DOTMATRIX_DANG[@]+"${DOTMATRIX_DANG[@]}"} )
-[[ ${#DOTMATRIX_DANG[@]} == 0 ]] && DOTMATRIX_DANG=("" "" "")
+[[ ${#DOTMATRIX_DANG[@]} == 0 ]] && DOTMATRIX_DANG=("" " " " ")
 DOTMATRIX_ENDS=( ${DOTMATRIX_ENDS[@]+"${DOTMATRIX_ENDS[@]}"} )
-[[ ${#DOTMATRIX_ENDS[@]} == 0 ]] && DOTMATRIX_ENDS=("" "/" "")
+[[ ${#DOTMATRIX_ENDS[@]} == 0 ]] && DOTMATRIX_ENDS=("" " " " ")
 DOTMATRIX_ITEMS=( ${DOTMATRIX_ITEMS[@]+"${DOTMATRIX_ITEMS[@]}"} )
 [[ ${#DOTMATRIX_ITEMS[@]} == 0 ]] && DOTMATRIX_ITEMS=("" "┃" "")