diff --git a/uefi/src/data_types/chars.rs b/uefi/src/data_types/chars.rs
index 7d3b9a368..60671514b 100644
--- a/uefi/src/data_types/chars.rs
+++ b/uefi/src/data_types/chars.rs
@@ -27,18 +27,16 @@ impl TryFrom<char> for Char8 {
     type Error = CharConversionError;
 
     fn try_from(value: char) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
-        let code_point = value as u32;
-        if code_point <= 0xff {
-            Ok(Char8(code_point as u8))
-        } else {
-            Err(CharConversionError)
-        }
+        let code_point = u32::from(value);
+        u8::try_from(code_point)
+            .map(Char8)
+            .map_err(|_| CharConversionError)
     }
 }
 
 impl From<Char8> for char {
     fn from(char: Char8) -> char {
-        char.0 as char
+        char::from(char.0)
     }
 }
 
@@ -101,12 +99,10 @@ impl TryFrom<char> for Char16 {
     type Error = CharConversionError;
 
     fn try_from(value: char) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
-        let code_point = value as u32;
-        if code_point <= 0xffff {
-            Ok(Char16(code_point as u16))
-        } else {
-            Err(CharConversionError)
-        }
+        let code_point = u32::from(value);
+        u16::try_from(code_point)
+            .map(Char16)
+            .map_err(|_| CharConversionError)
     }
 }
 
@@ -169,6 +165,17 @@ pub const NUL_16: Char16 = unsafe { Char16::from_u16_unchecked(0) };
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_char8_from_char() {
+        assert_eq!(Char8::try_from('A').unwrap(), Char8(0x41));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_char16_from_char() {
+        assert_eq!(Char16::try_from('A').unwrap(), Char16(0x41));
+        assert_eq!(Char16::try_from('ꋃ').unwrap(), Char16(0xa2c3));
+    }
+
     /// Test that `Char8` and `Char16` can be directly compared with `char`.
     #[test]
     fn test_char_eq() {
diff --git a/uefi/src/data_types/mod.rs b/uefi/src/data_types/mod.rs
index f6c2d3cd0..0ddd31841 100644
--- a/uefi/src/data_types/mod.rs
+++ b/uefi/src/data_types/mod.rs
@@ -121,8 +121,7 @@ pub trait Align {
     /// is aligned. Returns `None` if no element of the buffer is
     /// aligned.
     fn align_buf(buf: &mut [u8]) -> Option<&mut [u8]> {
-        let addr = buf.as_ptr() as usize;
-        let offset = Self::offset_up_to_alignment(addr);
+        let offset = buf.as_ptr().align_offset(Self::alignment());
         buf.get_mut(offset..)
     }
 
@@ -130,7 +129,7 @@ pub trait Align {
     fn assert_aligned(storage: &mut [u8]) {
         if !storage.is_empty() {
             assert_eq!(
-                (storage.as_ptr() as usize) % Self::alignment(),
+                storage.as_ptr().align_offset(Self::alignment()),
                 0,
                 "The provided storage is not correctly aligned for this type"
             )
diff --git a/uefi/src/data_types/strs.rs b/uefi/src/data_types/strs.rs
index 209989a19..e3819dac1 100644
--- a/uefi/src/data_types/strs.rs
+++ b/uefi/src/data_types/strs.rs
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ impl From<&CStr16> for alloc::string::String {
             .iter()
             .copied()
             .map(u16::from)
-            .map(|int| int as u32)
+            .map(u32::from)
             .map(|int| char::from_u32(int).expect("Should be encodable as UTF-8"))
             .collect::<alloc::string::String>()
     }