This only breaks on platforms where 'char' is signed. (currently, pmmx and x86_64) --- free42/common/core_display.cc.old 2019-01-13 14:52:39.000000000 +0000 +++ free42/common/core_display.cc 2019-04-17 23:01:56.398695993 +0000 @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ #endif -static char bigchars[130][5] = +static unsigned char bigchars[130][5] = { { 0x08, 0x08, 0x2a, 0x08, 0x08 }, { 0x22, 0x14, 0x08, 0x14, 0x22 },