--- src/xftfreetype.c

+++ src/xftfreetype.c

@@ -387,6 +387,7 @@

     FcChar32	    hash, *hashp;

     FT_Face	    face;

     int		    nhash;

+    FcBool	    bitmap;

     if (!info)

 	return FcFalse;

@@ -509,8 +510,22 @@

      */

     fi->load_flags = FT_LOAD_DEFAULT;

+#ifndef XFT_EMBEDDED_BITMAP

+#define XFT_EMBEDDED_BITMAP "embeddedbitmap"

+#endif

+

+    switch (FcPatternGetBool (pattern, XFT_EMBEDDED_BITMAP, 0, &bitmap)) {

+    case FcResultNoMatch:

+	bitmap = FcFalse;

+	break;

+    case FcResultMatch:

+	break;

+    default:

+	goto bail1;

+    }

+

     /* disable bitmaps when anti-aliasing or transforming glyphs */

-    if (fi->antialias || fi->transform)

+    if ((!bitmap && fi->antialias) || fi->transform)

 	fi->load_flags |= FT_LOAD_NO_BITMAP;