diff --git a/wezterm-font/src/rasterizer/freetype.rs b/wezterm-font/src/rasterizer/freetype.rs
index add591a42..97850aa90 100644
--- a/wezterm-font/src/rasterizer/freetype.rs
+++ b/wezterm-font/src/rasterizer/freetype.rs
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ impl FreeTypeRasterizer {
                 let red = data[src_offset + (x * 3)];
                 let green = data[src_offset + (x * 3) + 1];
                 let blue = data[src_offset + (x * 3) + 2];
-                let alpha = red | green | blue;
+                let alpha = red.min(green).min(blue);
                 rgba[dest_offset + (x * 4)] = red;
                 rgba[dest_offset + (x * 4) + 1] = green;
                 rgba[dest_offset + (x * 4) + 2] = blue;
diff --git a/wezterm-gui/src/gui/fragment.glsl b/wezterm-gui/src/gui/fragment.glsl
index 4feb45f21..a7d92c9e2 100644
--- a/wezterm-gui/src/gui/fragment.glsl
+++ b/wezterm-gui/src/gui/fragment.glsl
@@ -24,16 +24,14 @@ float multiply_one(float src, float dst, float inv_dst_alpha, float inv_src_alph
 }
 
 // Alpha-regulated multiply to colorize the glyph bitmap.
-// The texture data is pre-multiplied by the alpha, so we need to divide
-// by the alpha after multiplying to avoid having the colors be too dark.
 vec4 multiply(vec4 src, vec4 dst) {
   float inv_src_alpha = 1.0 - src.a;
   float inv_dst_alpha = 1.0 - dst.a;
 
   return vec4(
-      multiply_one(src.r, dst.r, inv_dst_alpha, inv_src_alpha) / dst.a,
-      multiply_one(src.g, dst.g, inv_dst_alpha, inv_src_alpha) / dst.a,
-      multiply_one(src.b, dst.b, inv_dst_alpha, inv_src_alpha) / dst.a,
+      multiply_one(src.r, dst.r, inv_dst_alpha, inv_src_alpha),
+      multiply_one(src.g, dst.g, inv_dst_alpha, inv_src_alpha),
+      multiply_one(src.b, dst.b, inv_dst_alpha, inv_src_alpha),
       dst.a);
 }
 
@@ -114,7 +112,7 @@ void main() {
       if (o_has_color == 0.0) {
         // if it's not a color emoji it will be grayscale
         // and we need to tint with the fg_color
-        color.rgb *= o_fg_color.rgb;
+        color = multiply(o_fg_color, color);
       }
     }
   }