diff --git a/graphics/macgui/mactext-canvas.cpp b/graphics/macgui/mactext-canvas.cpp
index e92a184a966..92412398df3 100644
--- a/graphics/macgui/mactext-canvas.cpp
+++ b/graphics/macgui/mactext-canvas.cpp
@@ -691,7 +691,9 @@ void MacTextCanvas::render(int from, int to, ManagedSurface *target, uint32 fill
 
 	for (int i = myFrom; i != myTo; i += delta) {
 		if (!_text[i].picfname.empty()) {
+			_imageArchive.setFiltering(false);
 			const Surface *image = _imageArchive.getImageSurface(_text[i].picfname, _text[i].charwidth, _text[i].height);
+			_imageArchive.setFiltering(true);
 
 			if (image) {
 				int xOffset = (_text[i].width - _text[i].charwidth) / 2;
diff --git a/graphics/macgui/mactext.cpp b/graphics/macgui/mactext.cpp
index 12d859e2b1e..663d9ad6d64 100644
--- a/graphics/macgui/mactext.cpp
+++ b/graphics/macgui/mactext.cpp
@@ -950,7 +950,7 @@ void MacText::draw(ManagedSurface *g, int x, int y, int w, int h, int xoff, int
 	if (_canvas._textShadow)
 		g->blitFrom(*_canvas._shadowSurface, Common::Rect(MIN<int>(_canvas._surface->w, x), MIN<int>(_canvas._surface->h, y), MIN<int>(_canvas._surface->w, x + w), MIN<int>(_canvas._surface->h, y + h)), Common::Point(xoff + _canvas._textShadow, yoff + _canvas._textShadow));
 
-	g->transBlitFrom(*_canvas._surface, Common::Rect(MIN<int>(_canvas._surface->w, x), MIN<int>(_canvas._surface->h, y), MIN<int>(_canvas._surface->w, x + w), MIN<int>(_canvas._surface->h, y + h)), Common::Point(xoff, yoff), _canvas._tbgcolor);
+	g->simpleBlitFrom(*_canvas._surface, Common::Rect(MIN<int>(_canvas._surface->w, x), MIN<int>(_canvas._surface->h, y), MIN<int>(_canvas._surface->w, x + w), MIN<int>(_canvas._surface->h, y + h)), Common::Point(xoff, yoff));
 
 	if (_scrollBar && _scrollBorder.hasBorder(kWindowBorderScrollbar)) {
 		uint32 transcolor = (_wm->_pixelformat.bytesPerPixel == 1) ? _wm->_colorGreen : 0;