diff --git a/stepmania/src/BitmapText.cpp b/stepmania/src/BitmapText.cpp
index 513f14a7a0..c10e668c9b 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/BitmapText.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/BitmapText.cpp
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ void BitmapText::DrawPrimitives()
 
 	for( int i=0; i<m_iNumLines; i++ )		// foreach line
 	{
-		LPCTSTR szLine = m_szTextLines[i];
+		const char *szLine = m_szTextLines[i];
 		const int iLineLength = m_iLineLengths[i];
 		const int iLineWidth = m_iLineWidths[i];
 		
diff --git a/stepmania/src/Font.cpp b/stepmania/src/Font.cpp
index 1f357f267b..c96329c927 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/Font.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/Font.cpp
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ Font::~Font()
 }
 
 
-int Font::GetLineWidthInSourcePixels( LPCTSTR szLine, int iLength )
+int Font::GetLineWidthInSourcePixels( const char *szLine, int iLength )
 {
 	int iLineWidth = 0;
 	
diff --git a/stepmania/src/Font.h b/stepmania/src/Font.h
index 67040e9caf..69d3e88ccc 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/Font.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/Font.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ public:
 	Font( const CString &sTexturePath, const CString& sChars );
 	~Font();
 
-	int GetLineWidthInSourcePixels( LPCTSTR szLine, int iLength );
+	int GetLineWidthInSourcePixels( const char *szLine, int iLength );
 
 	int m_iRefCount;