From ab65b9b2fb8a1e9447c74ed25774f4d0e67c8462 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2018 09:46:19 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Do not convert bitmaps when loading a glyph to access its
 metrics

---
 kitty/freetype.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kitty/freetype.c b/kitty/freetype.c
index 95964cd9e..a0aca4a13 100644
--- a/kitty/freetype.c
+++ b/kitty/freetype.c
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ load_glyph(Face *self, int glyph_index, int load_type) {
     if (error) { set_freetype_error("Failed to load glyph, with error:", error); return false; }
 
     // Embedded bitmap glyph?
-    if(self->face->glyph->bitmap.pixel_mode == FT_PIXEL_MODE_MONO) {
+    if (self->face->glyph->bitmap.pixel_mode == FT_PIXEL_MODE_MONO && load_type != FT_LOAD_DEFAULT) {
         FT_Bitmap bitmap;
         FT_Bitmap_New(&bitmap);