diff --git a/orders.c b/orders.c
index e2ef1f9..00b5394 100644
--- a/orders.c
+++ b/orders.c
@@ -742,27 +742,7 @@ static void process_fontcache(STREAM s)
 		datasize = (height * ((width + 7) / 8) + 3) & ~3;
 		in_uint8p(s, data, datasize);
 
-		/* Need to reverse bit order */
-		rev_data = xmalloc(datasize);
-
-		for (j = 0; j < datasize; j++)
-		{
-			in = data[j];
-			out = 0;
-			if (in & 1) out |= 128;
-			if (in & 2) out |= 64;
-			if (in & 4) out |= 32;
-			if (in & 8) out |= 16;
-			if (in & 16) out |= 8;
-			if (in & 32) out |= 4;
-			if (in & 64) out |= 2;
-			if (in & 128) out |= 1;
-			rev_data[j] = out;
-		}
-
-		bitmap = ui_create_glyph(width, height, rev_data);
-		xfree(rev_data);
-
+		bitmap = ui_create_glyph(width, height, data);
 		cache_put_font(font, character, offset, baseline,
 				width, height, bitmap);
 	}
diff --git a/xwin.c b/xwin.c
index dc2e5ab..799aef3 100644
--- a/xwin.c
+++ b/xwin.c
@@ -248,6 +248,10 @@ HGLYPH ui_create_glyph(int width, int height, uint8 *data)
 
 	image = XCreateImage(display, visual, 1, ZPixmap, 0,
 				data, width, height, 8, scanline);
+	image->byte_order = MSBFirst;
+	image->bitmap_bit_order = MSBFirst;
+	XInitImage(image);
+
 	XSetFunction(display, gc, GXcopy);
 	XPutImage(display, bitmap, gc, image, 0, 0, 0, 0, width, height);
 	XFree(image);