--- src/fe-text/gui-entry.c.orig	2019-02-11 17:27:58 UTC
+++ src/fe-text/gui-entry.c
@@ -381,8 +381,12 @@ static void gui_entry_draw_from(GUI_ENTR
 
 		if (entry->hidden)
                         g_string_append_c(str, ' ');
-		else if (unichar_isprint(c))
-			g_string_append_unichar(str, c);
+               else if (unichar_isprint(c)) {
+                       if (entry->utf8)
+                               g_string_append_unichar(str, c);
+                       else
+                               g_string_append_c(str, c);
+               }
 		else {
 			g_string_append_c(str, 4);
 			g_string_append_c(str, FORMAT_STYLE_REVERSE);