diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
index 4fe38a35..cc04a7be 100644
--- a/changelog.txt
+++ b/changelog.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ FEATURE:	Added GDISP_IMAGE_PNG_FILE_BUFFER_SIZE configuration option
 FEATURE:	Added GDISP_IMAGE_PNG_Z_BUFFER_SIZE configuration option
 FEATURE:	Added GDISP_IMAGE_GIF_BLIT_BUFFER_SIZE configuration option
 FIX:		Fixed extra dots when drawing anti-aliased fonts with wordwrap
+FEATURE:	Increase non-UTF8 font support to 0 to 255 rather than just the true ascii set
 
 
 *** Release 2.7 ***
diff --git a/src/gdisp/mcufont/mf_font.c b/src/gdisp/mcufont/mf_font.c
index ccf71bec..b8989336 100644
--- a/src/gdisp/mcufont/mf_font.c
+++ b/src/gdisp/mcufont/mf_font.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ uint8_t mf_render_character(const struct mf_font_s *font,
                             void *state)
 {
     uint8_t width;
-    width = font->render_character(font, x0, y0, character, callback, state);
+    width = font->render_character(font, x0, y0, MFCHAR2UINT16(character), callback, state);
     
     if (!width)
     {