diff --git a/src/BitmapText.cpp b/src/BitmapText.cpp
index 701a817381..3f5ec8e3b5 100644
--- a/src/BitmapText.cpp
+++ b/src/BitmapText.cpp
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ void BitmapText::DrawChars( bool bUseStrokeTexture )
 	for( int start = iStartGlyph; start < iEndGlyph; )
 	{
 		int end = start;
-		while( end < iEndGlyph  &&  m_vpFontPageTextures[end] == m_vpFontPageTextures[start] )
+		while( end < iEndGlyph  &&  *m_vpFontPageTextures[end] == *m_vpFontPageTextures[start] )
 			end++;
 
 		bool bHaveATexture = !bUseStrokeTexture  ||  (bUseStrokeTexture && m_vpFontPageTextures[start]->m_pTextureStroke);
diff --git a/src/Font.h b/src/Font.h
index da06841192..4d8df76b44 100644
--- a/src/Font.h
+++ b/src/Font.h
@@ -24,6 +24,15 @@ struct FontPageTextures
 
 	/** @brief Set up the initial textures. */
 	FontPageTextures(): m_pTextureMain(NULL), m_pTextureStroke(NULL) {}
+
+	bool operator == (const struct FontPageTextures& other) const {
+		return m_pTextureMain == other.m_pTextureMain &&
+			m_pTextureStroke == other.m_pTextureStroke;
+	}
+
+	bool operator != (const struct FontPageTextures& other) const {
+		return !operator==(other);
+	}
 };
 
 /** @brief The components of a glyph (not technically a character). */