diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1da97b8..bf0c80c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Paste from some apps on Wayland
 - Slow startup with Nvidia binary drivers on some X11 systems
 - Display not scrolling when printing new lines while scrolled in history
+- Regression in font rendering on macOS
 
 ## 0.4.3
 
diff --git a/font/src/darwin/mod.rs b/font/src/darwin/mod.rs
index 2c8d238..f754c99 100644
--- a/font/src/darwin/mod.rs
+++ b/font/src/darwin/mod.rs
@@ -515,8 +515,12 @@ impl Font {
             kCGImageAlphaPremultipliedFirst | kCGBitmapByteOrder32Host,
         );
 
+        let is_colored = self.is_colored();
+
         // Set background color for graphics context.
-        cg_context.set_rgb_fill_color(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0);
+        let bg_a = if is_colored { 0.0 } else { 1.0 };
+        cg_context.set_rgb_fill_color(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, bg_a);
+
         let context_rect = CGRect::new(
             &CGPoint::new(0.0, 0.0),
             &CGSize::new(f64::from(rasterized_width), f64::from(rasterized_height)),
@@ -550,7 +554,7 @@ impl Font {
 
         let rasterized_pixels = cg_context.data().to_vec();
 
-        let buf = if self.is_colored() {
+        let buf = if is_colored {
             BitmapBuffer::RGBA(byte_order::extract_rgba(&rasterized_pixels))
         } else {
             BitmapBuffer::RGB(byte_order::extract_rgb(&rasterized_pixels))