diff --git a/src/client/graphics/layers/EventsDisplay.ts b/src/client/graphics/layers/EventsDisplay.ts
index 5c5708eb5..d3f450fe2 100644
--- a/src/client/graphics/layers/EventsDisplay.ts
+++ b/src/client/graphics/layers/EventsDisplay.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import {
 import { ClientID } from "../../../core/Schemas";
 import { Layer } from "./Layer";
 import { SendAllianceReplyIntentEvent } from "../../Transport";
+import { unsafeHTML } from 'lit/directives/unsafe-html.js';
 
 export enum MessageType {
   SUCCESS,
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ export class DisplayMessageEvent implements GameEvent {
 
 interface Event {
   description: string;
+  unsafeDescription?: boolean
   buttons?: {
     text: string;
     className: string;
@@ -313,7 +315,8 @@ export class EventsDisplay extends LitElement implements Layer {
       });
     } else if (event.message.sender === myPlayer && event.message.recipient !== AllPlayers) {
       this.addEvent({
-        description: `Sent ${event.message.recipient.displayName()} ${event.message.emoji}`,
+        description: `Sent ${event.message.recipient.displayName()}: ${event.message.emoji}`,
+        unsafeDescription: true,
         type: MessageType.INFO,
         highlight: true,
         createdAt: this.game.ticks(),
@@ -332,7 +335,7 @@ export class EventsDisplay extends LitElement implements Layer {
           ${this.events.map((event, index) => html`
             <tr class="${event.highlight ? 'highlight' : ''} ${MessageType[event.type].toLowerCase()}">
               <td>
-                ${event.description}
+                ${event.unsafeDescription ? unsafeHTML(event.description) : event.description}
                 ${event.buttons ? html`
                   <div class="button-container">
                     ${event.buttons.map(btn => html`
diff --git a/src/core/Util.ts b/src/core/Util.ts
index c0f12d386..0f60c874e 100644
--- a/src/core/Util.ts
+++ b/src/core/Util.ts
@@ -149,16 +149,39 @@ export function sanitize(name: string): string {
 
 export function processName(name: string): string {
     // First sanitize the raw input - strip everything except text and emojis
-    const withEmojis = twemoji.parse(sanitize(name), {
-        base: 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/twitter/twemoji@14.0.2/assets/',  // Use jsDelivr CDN
-        folder: 'svg',  // or 'png' if you prefer
-        ext: '.svg'     // or '.png' if you prefer
-    });
-    return DOMPurify.sanitize(withEmojis, {
-        ALLOWED_TAGS: ['img'],
-        ALLOWED_ATTR: ['src', 'alt', 'class'],
-        // Only allow twemoji CDN URLs
-        ALLOWED_URI_REGEXP: /^https:\/\/cdn\.jsdelivr\.net\/gh\/twitter\/twemoji/
+    const sanitizedName = sanitize(name);
+
+    // Process emojis with twemoji
+    const withEmojis = twemoji.parse(sanitizedName, {
+        base: 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/twitter/twemoji@14.0.2/assets/',
+        folder: 'svg',
+        ext: '.svg'
     });
 
+    // Add CSS styles inline to the wrapper span
+    const styledHTML = `
+        <span class="player-name" style="
+            display: inline-flex;
+            align-items: center;
+            gap: 0.25rem;
+            font-weight: 500;
+            vertical-align: middle;
+        ">
+            ${withEmojis}
+        </span>
+    `;
+
+    // Add CSS for the emoji images
+    const withEmojiStyles = styledHTML.replace(
+        /<img/g,
+        '<img style="height: 1.2em; width: 1.2em; vertical-align: -0.2em; margin: 0 0.05em 0 0.1em;"'
+    );
+
+    // Sanitize the final HTML, allowing styles and specific attributes
+    return DOMPurify.sanitize(withEmojiStyles, {
+        ALLOWED_TAGS: ['span', 'img'],
+        ALLOWED_ATTR: ['src', 'alt', 'class', 'style'],
+        ALLOWED_URI_REGEXP: /^https:\/\/cdn\.jsdelivr\.net\/gh\/twitter\/twemoji/,
+        ADD_ATTR: ['style']
+    });
 }
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