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diff --git a/src/exman.cc b/src/exman.cc
index 31ee1ae..e5cdd9f 100644
--- a/src/exman.cc
+++ b/src/exman.cc
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "geomdraw.h"
 
 static Exhibit *create_exhibit(const char *type);
+static void clean_desc_text(char *dest, const char *src);
 
 
 ExhibitSlot::ExhibitSlot(Exhibit *ex)
@@ -244,7 +245,10 @@ bool ExhibitManager::load(MetaScene *mscn, const char *fname)
 				ExData exd;
 
 				if(desc) {
-					exd.text = std::string(desc);
+					char *fixed_desc = new char[strlen(desc) + 1];
+					clean_desc_text(fixed_desc, desc);
+					exd.text = std::string(fixed_desc);
+					delete [] fixed_desc;
 				}
 				if(voice) {
 					exd.voice = new OggVorbisStream;
@@ -368,3 +372,27 @@ static Exhibit *create_exhibit(const char *type)
 	error_log("unknown exhibit type: %s\n", type);
 	return 0;
 }
+
+/* clean up description text to be more easily layed out later.
+ * more specifically:
+ *  - remove redundant spaces
+ *  - remove all newlines except as paragraph separators
+ *  - remove all other whitespace chars
+ * destination buffer must be as large as the source buffer
+ */
+static void clean_desc_text(char *dest, const char *src)
+{
+	while(*src) {
+		if(isspace(*src)) {
+			if(*src == '\n' && *(src + 1) == '\n') {
+				*dest++ = '\n';
+			} else {
+				*dest++ = ' ';
+			}
+			while(*src && isspace(*src)) ++src;
+		} else {
+			*dest++ = *src++;
+		}
+	}
+	*dest = 0;
+}