diff --git a/sdl1/pdcdisp.c b/sdl1/pdcdisp.c
index f088d05a..26612bc2 100644
--- a/sdl1/pdcdisp.c
+++ b/sdl1/pdcdisp.c
@@ -363,6 +363,9 @@ void PDC_transform_line(int lineno, int x, int len, const chtype *srcp)
 
 #ifdef PDC_WIDE
         chstr[0] = ch & A_CHARTEXT;
+
+        TTF_SetFontStyle(pdc_ttffont, (ch & A_BOLD ? TTF_STYLE_BOLD : 0) |
+                                      (ch & A_ITALIC ? TTF_STYLE_ITALIC : 0));
         pdc_font = TTF_RenderUNICODE_Solid(pdc_ttffont, chstr,
                                            pdc_color[foregr]);
 
diff --git a/sdl2/pdcdisp.c b/sdl2/pdcdisp.c
index 955179c6..4ca1f1f8 100644
--- a/sdl2/pdcdisp.c
+++ b/sdl2/pdcdisp.c
@@ -364,6 +364,9 @@ void PDC_transform_line(int lineno, int x, int len, const chtype *srcp)
 
 #ifdef PDC_WIDE
         chstr[0] = ch & A_CHARTEXT;
+
+        TTF_SetFontStyle(pdc_ttffont, (ch & A_BOLD ? TTF_STYLE_BOLD : 0) |
+                                      (ch & A_ITALIC ? TTF_STYLE_ITALIC : 0));
         pdc_font = TTF_RenderUNICODE_Solid(pdc_ttffont, chstr,
                                            pdc_color[foregr]);