diff --git a/Tools/rc/rclib/font.py b/Tools/rc/rclib/font.py
index 26f58d7..dd69f3a 100644
--- a/Tools/rc/rclib/font.py
+++ b/Tools/rc/rclib/font.py
@@ -71,39 +71,34 @@ def set_bitmap(self, img: Image):
         self.width = w
         self.height = h
         stride = w # All modes 1 byte per pixel
-        self.alpha = 1 if img.mode == '1' else self.typeface.font.alpha
-        pixels_per_byte = 8 // self.alpha
+        alpha = 1 if img.mode == '1' else self.typeface.font.alpha
+        self.alpha = alpha
+        pixels_per_byte = 8 // alpha
         dstsize = (w * h + pixels_per_byte - 1) // pixels_per_byte
 
         # Pack source bits so resulting data is as compact as possible
-        imgdata = img.tobytes('raw', ('L'))
+        imgdata = img.tobytes('raw', ('L', 0, 1))
 
-        # print(f'Bitmap {w} x {h}, bpp {bpp}, src {len(imgdata)} bytes, dst {dstsize}')
+        # print(f'{self.typeface.font.name} bitmap {w} x {h}, alpha {alpha}, src {len(imgdata)} bytes, dst {dstsize}')
 
-        if self.alpha == 8:
+        if pixels_per_byte == 1:
             self.bitmap = imgdata
-            return
-
-        dstbuf = bytearray(dstsize)
-        srcoff = 0
-        dstoff = 0
-        dstbits = 0
-        dstbitlen = 0
-        mask = 1 << 8
-        for bit in imgdata:
-            mask >>= 1
-            if bit:
-                dstbits |= mask
-            dstbitlen += 1
-            if dstbitlen == 8:
-                dstbuf[dstoff] = dstbits
-                dstoff += 1
-                dstbits = 0
-                dstbitlen = 0
-                mask = 1 << 8
-        if dstbitlen:
-            dstbuf[dstoff] = dstbits
-        self.bitmap = dstbuf
+        else:
+            dstbuf = bytearray(dstsize)
+            dstoff = 0
+            dstbyte = 0
+            shift = 8
+            for pixel in imgdata:
+                shift -= alpha
+                dstbyte |= (pixel >> (8 - alpha)) << shift
+                if shift == 0:
+                    dstbuf[dstoff] = dstbyte
+                    dstoff += 1
+                    dstbyte = 0
+                    shift = 8
+            if shift != 8:
+                dstbuf[dstoff] = dstbyte
+            self.bitmap = dstbuf
 
 
 class Typeface(Resource):
diff --git a/src/Asset.cpp b/src/Asset.cpp
index 6eab540..282044b 100644
--- a/src/Asset.cpp
+++ b/src/Asset.cpp
@@ -386,27 +386,36 @@ class ResourceGlyph : public GlyphObject
 		assert(y + glyph.height <= typeface.yAdvance);
 		auto bufptr = static_cast<uint8_t*>(buffer) + off;
 
-		if(glyph.alpha) {
+		using Alpha = Resource::GlyphResource::Alpha;
+		if(glyph.alpha == Alpha::L8) {
 			for(unsigned y = 0; y < glyph.height; ++y, offset += glyph.width, bufptr += stride) {
 				resourceStream->read(offset, bufptr, glyph.width);
 			}
 		} else {
-			uint8_t raw{0};
-			uint8_t mask{0};
+			uint8_t bitsPerPixel = 1;
+			switch(glyph.alpha) {
+			case Alpha::L4:
+				bitsPerPixel = 4;
+				break;
+			case Alpha::L2:
+				bitsPerPixel = 2;
+				break;
+			}
+			uint8_t srcbyte = 0;
+			uint8_t srcShift = 0;
+			const uint8_t mask = (1 << bitsPerPixel) - 1;
+			const uint8_t dstShift = 8 - bitsPerPixel;
+			auto rowptr = bufptr;
 			for(unsigned y = 0; y < glyph.height; ++y) {
-				auto rowptr = bufptr;
 				for(unsigned x = 0; x < glyph.width; ++x) {
-					if(mask == 0) {
-						raw = resourceStream->read(offset++);
-						mask = 0x80;
-					}
-					if(raw & mask) {
-						bufptr[x] = 0xff;
+					if(srcShift == 0) {
+						srcbyte = resourceStream->read(offset++);
+						srcShift = 8;
 					}
-					mask >>= 1;
+					srcShift -= bitsPerPixel;
+					rowptr[x] = ((srcbyte >> srcShift) & mask) << dstShift;
 				}
 				rowptr += stride;
-				bufptr = rowptr;
 			}
 		}
 	}