diff -ru old/FTGL-2.0.11/src/FTPixmapGlyph.cpp FTGL-2.0.11/src/FTPixmapGlyph.cpp
--- old/FTGL-2.0.11/src/FTPixmapGlyph.cpp	2003-09-25 06:55:19.000000000 +0300
+++ FTGL-2.0.11/src/FTPixmapGlyph.cpp	2004-09-17 12:32:26.000000000 +0300
@@ -43,6 +43,21 @@
 
         if( ftglColour[3] == 1.0f)
         {
+	  if (FT_PIXEL_MODE_MONO == bitmap.pixel_mode) {
+	    // convert the bitmap to gray map
+            for( int y = 0; y < srcHeight; ++y)
+            {
+                for( int x = 0; x < srcWidth; ++x)
+                {
+                    *dest++ = redComponent;
+                    *dest++ = greenComponent;
+                    *dest++ = blueComponent;
+                    *dest++ = (src[x >> 3] & (128 >> (x & 7))) ? 255 : 0;
+                }
+                dest -= destStep;
+		src += bitmap.pitch;
+            }
+	  } else {
             for( int y = 0; y < srcHeight; ++y)
             {
                 for( int x = 0; x < srcWidth; ++x)
@@ -54,9 +69,26 @@
                 }
                 dest -= destStep;
             }
+	  }
         }
         else
         {
+	  if (FT_PIXEL_MODE_MONO == bitmap.pixel_mode) {
+	    // convert the bitmap to gray map
+            for( int y = 0; y < srcHeight; ++y)
+            {
+                for( int x = 0; x < srcWidth; ++x)
+                {
+                    *dest++ = redComponent;
+                    *dest++ = greenComponent;
+                    *dest++ = blueComponent;
+                    *dest++ = (src[x >> 3] & (128 >> (x & 7))) ?
+		      static_cast<unsigned char>(ftglColour[3]) : 0;
+                }
+                dest -= destStep;
+		src += bitmap.pitch;
+            }
+	  } else {
             for( int y = 0; y < srcHeight; ++y)
             {
                 for( int x = 0; x < srcWidth; ++x)
@@ -68,6 +100,7 @@
                 }
                 dest -= destStep;
             }
+	  }
         }
 
         destHeight = srcHeight;