diff --git a/stepmania/Themes/default/Fonts/_game chars 16px 9x1.ini b/stepmania/Themes/default/Fonts/_game chars 16px 9x1.ini
index d31781b2e3..87b69cb101 100644
--- a/stepmania/Themes/default/Fonts/_game chars 16px 9x1.ini	
+++ b/stepmania/Themes/default/Fonts/_game chars 16px 9x1.ini	
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
 7=16
 8=24
 
+# Don't load this font grayscale.
+TextureHints=16bpp
+
 Top=8
 Baseline=24