diff --git a/li/cil/oc/client/renderer/MonospaceFontRenderer.scala b/li/cil/oc/client/renderer/MonospaceFontRenderer.scala
index d4cce67b1..f4e81aace 100644
--- a/li/cil/oc/client/renderer/MonospaceFontRenderer.scala
+++ b/li/cil/oc/client/renderer/MonospaceFontRenderer.scala
@@ -135,14 +135,17 @@ object MonospaceFontRenderer {
     private val bgv2 = 256.0 / 256.0
 
     private def draw(color: Int, offset: Int, width: Int) = if (color != 0 && width > 0) {
-      val t = Tessellator.instance
-      t.startDrawingQuads()
-      t.setColorOpaque_I(color)
-      t.addVertexWithUV(charWidth * offset, charHeight, 0, bgu1, bgv2)
-      t.addVertexWithUV(charWidth * (offset + width), charHeight, 0, bgu2, bgv2)
-      t.addVertexWithUV(charWidth * (offset + width), 0, 0, bgu2, bgv1)
-      t.addVertexWithUV(charWidth * offset, 0, 0, bgu1, bgv1)
-      t.draw()
+      GL11.glBegin(GL11.GL_QUADS)
+      GL11.glColor3ub(((color >> 16) & 0xFF).toByte, ((color >> 8) & 0xFF).toByte, (color & 0xFF).toByte)
+      GL11.glTexCoord2d(bgu1, bgv2)
+      GL11.glVertex3d(charWidth * offset, charHeight, 0)
+      GL11.glTexCoord2d(bgu2, bgv2)
+      GL11.glVertex3d(charWidth * (offset + width), charHeight, 0)
+      GL11.glTexCoord2d(bgu2, bgv1)
+      GL11.glVertex3d(charWidth * (offset + width), 0, 0)
+      GL11.glTexCoord2d(bgu1, bgv1)
+      GL11.glVertex3d(charWidth * offset, 0, 0)
+      GL11.glEnd()
     }
 
     private def flush() = if (listBuffer.position > 0) {