diff --git a/src/gl/imgui_impl_opengl3.cpp b/src/gl/imgui_impl_opengl3.cpp
index 38633d23..2103773b 100644
--- a/src/gl/imgui_impl_opengl3.cpp
+++ b/src/gl/imgui_impl_opengl3.cpp
@@ -125,14 +125,7 @@ static bool ImGui_ImplOpenGL3_CreateFontsTexture()
     if (g_IsGLES || g_GlVersion >= 200)
         glPixelStorei(GL_UNPACK_ROW_LENGTH, 0);
 
-    // FIXME can compress?
-    glTexImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, GL_COMPRESSED_ALPHA, width, height, 0, GL_ALPHA, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, pixels);
-
-#ifndef NDEBUG
-    GLint compFlag= 0;
-    glGetTexLevelParameteriv(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, GL_TEXTURE_COMPRESSED, &compFlag);
-    fprintf(stderr, "GL tex compressed: %s\n", compFlag ? "yes" : "no");
-#endif
+    glTexImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, GL_R8, width, height, 0, GL_RED, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, pixels);
 
     // Store our identifier
     io.Fonts->TexID = (ImTextureID)(intptr_t)g_FontTexture;
@@ -261,7 +254,7 @@ static bool    ImGui_ImplOpenGL3_CreateDeviceObjects()
         "varying vec4 Frag_Color;\n"
         "void main()\n"
         "{\n"
-        "    gl_FragColor = Frag_Color * vec4(1, 1, 1, texture2D(Texture, Frag_UV.st).a);\n"
+        "    gl_FragColor = Frag_Color * vec4(1, 1, 1, texture2D(Texture, Frag_UV.st).r);\n"
         "}\n";
 
     const GLchar* fragment_shader_glsl_130 =
@@ -271,7 +264,7 @@ static bool    ImGui_ImplOpenGL3_CreateDeviceObjects()
         "out vec4 Out_Color;\n"
         "void main()\n"
         "{\n"
-        "    Out_Color = Frag_Color * vec4(1, 1, 1, texture(Texture, Frag_UV.st).a);\n"
+        "    Out_Color = Frag_Color * vec4(1, 1, 1, texture(Texture, Frag_UV.st).r);\n"
         "}\n";
 
     const GLchar* fragment_shader_glsl_300_es =
@@ -282,7 +275,7 @@ static bool    ImGui_ImplOpenGL3_CreateDeviceObjects()
         "layout (location = 0) out vec4 Out_Color;\n"
         "void main()\n"
         "{\n"
-        "    Out_Color = Frag_Color * vec4(1, 1, 1, texture(Texture, Frag_UV.st).a);\n"
+        "    Out_Color = Frag_Color * vec4(1, 1, 1, texture(Texture, Frag_UV.st).r);\n"
         "}\n";
 
     const GLchar* fragment_shader_glsl_410_core =
@@ -292,7 +285,7 @@ static bool    ImGui_ImplOpenGL3_CreateDeviceObjects()
         "layout (location = 0) out vec4 Out_Color;\n"
         "void main()\n"
         "{\n"
-        "    Out_Color = Frag_Color * vec4(1, 1, 1, texture(Texture, Frag_UV.st).a);\n"
+        "    Out_Color = Frag_Color * vec4(1, 1, 1, texture(Texture, Frag_UV.st).r);\n"
         "}\n";
 
 #ifndef NDEBUG