diff --git a/src/font/fontconfigandfreetype.rs b/src/font/fontconfigandfreetype.rs
index c20d70516..910be0f26 100644
--- a/src/font/fontconfigandfreetype.rs
+++ b/src/font/fontconfigandfreetype.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use crate::font::ftfont::FreeTypeFontImpl;
 use crate::font::{fcwrap, ftwrap};
 use crate::font::{shape_with_harfbuzz, FallbackIdx, Font, FontSystem, GlyphInfo, NamedFont};
 use failure::{bail, ensure, err_msg, Error};
-use log::error;
+use log::{error, warn};
 
 pub type FontSystemImpl = FontConfigAndFreeType;
 
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ impl NamedFontImpl {
         // care to abort the rest of what we're doing
         match lib.set_lcd_filter(ftwrap::FT_LcdFilter::FT_LCD_FILTER_DEFAULT) {
             Ok(_) => (),
-            Err(err) => error!("Ignoring: FT_LcdFilter failed: {:?}", err),
+            Err(err) => warn!("Ignoring: FT_LcdFilter failed: {:?}", err),
         };
 
         // Enable some filtering options and pull in the standard
diff --git a/src/font/fontloader_and_freetype.rs b/src/font/fontloader_and_freetype.rs
index 6c25e62b2..887c6b6db 100644
--- a/src/font/fontloader_and_freetype.rs
+++ b/src/font/fontloader_and_freetype.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use crate::font::{
     ftwrap, shape_with_harfbuzz, FallbackIdx, Font, FontSystem, GlyphInfo, NamedFont,
 };
 use failure::{format_err, Error};
-use log::{debug, error};
+use log::{debug, warn};
 
 struct NamedFontImpl {
     _lib: ftwrap::Library,
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ impl FontSystem for FontLoaderAndFreeType {
         // care to abort the rest of what we're doing
         match lib.set_lcd_filter(ftwrap::FT_LcdFilter::FT_LCD_FILTER_DEFAULT) {
             Ok(_) => (),
-            Err(err) => error!("Ignoring: FT_LcdFilter failed: {:?}", err),
+            Err(err) => warn!("Ignoring: FT_LcdFilter failed: {:?}", err),
         };
 
         let mut fonts = Vec::new();