@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 2020-03-22  7.0.10-3 Cristy  <quetzlzacatenango@image...>
   * The -charcoal option should ignore the alpha channel.
   * Fix numerical instability issue when drawing lines
+  * Improve mono font rendering (reference
+    https://imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=37723).
 
 2020-03-21  7.0.10-2 Cristy  <quetzlzacatenango@image...>
   * Release ImageMagick version 7.0.10-2, GIT revision 17088:ed6f37f:20200322.
 
@@ -1518,7 +1518,7 @@ static MagickBooleanType RenderFreetype(Image *image,const DrawInfo *draw_info,
   if (draw_info->render == MagickFalse)
     flags=FT_LOAD_NO_BITMAP;
   if (draw_info->text_antialias == MagickFalse)
-    flags|=FT_LOAD_TARGET_MONO;
+    flags|=FT_LOAD_RENDER | FT_LOAD_TARGET_MONO;
   else
     {
 #if defined(FT_LOAD_TARGET_LIGHT)
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`@@ -1518,7 +1518,7 @@ static MagickBooleanType RenderFreetype(Image image,const DrawInfo draw_info,`
`1518`	`1518`	`if (draw_info->render == MagickFalse)`
`1519`	`1519`	`flags=FT_LOAD_NO_BITMAP;`
`1520`	`1520`	`if (draw_info->text_antialias == MagickFalse)`
`1521`		`- flags\|=FT_LOAD_TARGET_MONO;`
	`1521`	`+ flags\|=FT_LOAD_RENDER \| FT_LOAD_TARGET_MONO;`
`1522`	`1522`	`else`
`1523`	`1523`	`{`
`1524`	`1524`	`#if defined(FT_LOAD_TARGET_LIGHT)`