diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 7305c47..610d767 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ depends=(
   'libudev.so'
   'json-c'
   'libmpdclient'
-  'fcft>=0.4.2')
+  'fcft>=1.0.0')
 optdepends=('xcb-util-errors: better X error messages')
 source=()
 
diff --git a/PKGBUILD.wayland-only b/PKGBUILD.wayland-only
index 02ba7b3..2765ff2 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD.wayland-only
+++ b/PKGBUILD.wayland-only
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ depends=(
   'libudev.so'
   'json-c'
   'libmpdclient'
-  'fcft>=0.4.2')
+  'fcft>=1.0.0')
 source=()
 
 pkgver() {
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 633ad0f..22f501f 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ backend_wayland = wayland_client.found() and wayland_cursor.found() and wlroots.
 
 # "My" dependencies, fallback to subproject
 tllist = dependency('tllist', version: '>=1.0.0', fallback: ['tllist', 'tllist'])
-fcft = dependency('fcft', version: ['>=0.4.2', '<0.5.0'], fallback: ['fcft', 'fcft'])
+fcft = dependency('fcft', version: ['>=1.0.0', '<2.0.0'], fallback: ['fcft', 'fcft'])
 
 add_project_arguments(
   ['-D_GNU_SOURCE'] +
diff --git a/particles/string.c b/particles/string.c
index f5d41f4..eda125f 100644
--- a/particles/string.c
+++ b/particles/string.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ begin_expose(struct exposable *exposable)
 
         /* Convert text to glyph masks/images. */
         for (size_t i = 0; i < chars; i++) {
-            const struct glyph *glyph = font_glyph_for_wc(font, wtext[i]);
+            const struct glyph *glyph = font_glyph_for_wc(font, wtext[i], false);
             if (glyph == NULL)
                 continue;
             e->glyphs[e->num_glyphs++] = glyph;