diff --git a/src/TerminalDisplay.cpp b/src/TerminalDisplay.cpp
--- a/src/TerminalDisplay.cpp
+++ b/src/TerminalDisplay.cpp
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@
 {
     //Calculate cell midpoints, end points.
     const int cx = x + w / 2;
-    const int cy = y + h / 2;
+    const int cy = y + h / 2. - 0.5;
     const int ex = x + w - 1;
     const int ey = y + h - 1;
 
@@ -666,41 +666,41 @@
 
     //Intersection points.
     if ((toDraw & Int11) != 0u) {
-        paint.drawPoint(cx - 1, cy - 1);
+        paint.drawPoint(cx - 2, cy - 2);
     }
     if ((toDraw & Int12) != 0u) {
-        paint.drawPoint(cx, cy - 1);
+        paint.drawPoint(cx - 1, cy - 2);
     }
     if ((toDraw & Int13) != 0u) {
-        paint.drawPoint(cx + 1, cy - 1);
+        paint.drawPoint(cx - 0, cy - 2);
     }
 
     if ((toDraw & Int21) != 0u) {
-        paint.drawPoint(cx - 1, cy);
+        paint.drawPoint(cx - 2, cy - 1);
     }
     if ((toDraw & Int22) != 0u) {
-        paint.drawPoint(cx, cy);
+        paint.drawPoint(cx - 1, cy - 1);
     }
     if ((toDraw & Int23) != 0u) {
-        paint.drawPoint(cx + 1, cy);
+        paint.drawPoint(cx - 0, cy - 1);
     }
 
     if ((toDraw & Int31) != 0u) {
-        paint.drawPoint(cx - 1, cy + 1);
+        paint.drawPoint(cx - 2, cy);
     }
     if ((toDraw & Int32) != 0u) {
-        paint.drawPoint(cx, cy + 1);
+        paint.drawPoint(cx - 1, cy);
     }
     if ((toDraw & Int33) != 0u) {
-        paint.drawPoint(cx + 1, cy + 1);
+        paint.drawPoint(cx - 0, cy);
     }
 }
 
 static void drawOtherChar(QPainter& paint, int x, int y, int w, int h, uchar code)
 {
     //Calculate cell midpoints, end points.
     const int cx = x + w / 2;
-    const int cy = y + h / 2;
+    const int cy = y + h / 2. - 0.5; // Compensate for the translation, to match fonts
     const int ex = x + w - 1;
     const int ey = y + h - 1;
 
@@ -787,16 +787,17 @@
         const Character* attributes)
 {
     painter.save();
-    painter.setRenderHint(QPainter::Antialiasing);
 
-    const QPen& originalPen = painter.pen();
+    // For antialiasing, we need to shift it so the single pixel width is in the middle
+    painter.translate(0.5, 0.5);
 
     if (((attributes->rendition & RE_BOLD) != 0) && _boldIntense) {
-        QPen boldPen(originalPen);
-        boldPen.setWidth(3);
+        QPen boldPen(painter.pen());
+        boldPen.setWidth(4);
         painter.setPen(boldPen);
     }
 
+
     for (int i = 0 ; i < str.length(); i++) {
         const uchar code = str[i].cell();
         if (LineChars[code] != 0u) {
@@ -904,10 +905,10 @@
         QColor color(backgroundColor);
         color.setAlpha(qAlpha(_blendColor));
 
-        painter.save();
+        const QPainter::CompositionMode originalMode = painter.compositionMode();
         painter.setCompositionMode(QPainter::CompositionMode_Source);
         painter.fillRect(rect, color);
-        painter.restore();
+        painter.setCompositionMode(originalMode);
 #endif
     } else {
         painter.fillRect(rect, backgroundColor);
@@ -1036,8 +1037,6 @@
                                        const QString& text,
                                        const Character* style)
 {
-    painter.save();
-
     // setup painter
     const QColor foregroundColor = style->foregroundColor.color(_colorTable);
     const QColor backgroundColor = style->backgroundColor.color(_colorTable);
@@ -1057,27 +1056,21 @@
 
     // draw text
     drawCharacters(painter, rect, text, style, invertCharacterColor);
-
-    painter.restore();
 }
 
 void TerminalDisplay::drawPrinterFriendlyTextFragment(QPainter& painter,
         const QRect& rect,
         const QString& text,
         const Character* style)
 {
-    painter.save();
-
     // Set the colors used to draw to black foreground and white
     // background for printer friendly output when printing
     Character print_style = *style;
     print_style.foregroundColor = CharacterColor(COLOR_SPACE_RGB, 0x00000000);
     print_style.backgroundColor = CharacterColor(COLOR_SPACE_RGB, 0xFFFFFFFF);
 
     // draw text
     drawCharacters(painter, rect, text, &print_style, false);
-
-    painter.restore();
 }
 
 void TerminalDisplay::setRandomSeed(uint randomSeed)
@@ -1494,6 +1487,8 @@
         drawBackground(paint, rect, getBackgroundColor(), true /* use opacity setting */);
     }
 
+    paint.setRenderHint(QPainter::Antialiasing, _antialiasText);
+
     foreach(const QRect & rect, dirtyImageRegion.rects()) {
         drawContents(paint, rect);
     }