diff --git a/src/openrct2/config/Config.cpp b/src/openrct2/config/Config.cpp
index 11210be7be..aed9510d67 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/config/Config.cpp
+++ b/src/openrct2/config/Config.cpp
@@ -493,6 +493,7 @@ namespace Config
             model->height_small = reader->GetSint32("height_small", false);
             model->height_medium = reader->GetSint32("height_medium", false);
             model->height_big = reader->GetSint32("height_big", false);
+            model->enable_hinting = reader->GetBoolean("enable_hinting", true);
         }
     }
 
@@ -512,6 +513,7 @@ namespace Config
         writer->WriteSint32("height_small", model->height_small);
         writer->WriteSint32("height_medium", model->height_medium);
         writer->WriteSint32("height_big", model->height_big);
+        writer->WriteBoolean("enable_hinting", model->enable_hinting);
     }
 
     static bool SetDefaults()
diff --git a/src/openrct2/config/Config.h b/src/openrct2/config/Config.h
index 089e9a95f8..1817316338 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/config/Config.h
+++ b/src/openrct2/config/Config.h
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ typedef struct FontConfiguration
     sint32      height_small;
     sint32      height_medium;
     sint32      height_big;
+    bool        enable_hinting;
 } FontConfiguration;
 
 enum SORT
diff --git a/src/openrct2/drawing/string.c b/src/openrct2/drawing/string.c
index e4741d0e8c..9f84374f8e 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/drawing/string.c
+++ b/src/openrct2/drawing/string.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  *****************************************************************************/
 #pragma endregion
 
+#include "../config/Config.h"
 #include "../interface/colour.h"
 #include "../interface/viewport.h"
 #include "../localisation/localisation.h"
@@ -799,7 +800,7 @@ static void ttf_draw_string_raw_ttf(rct_drawpixelinfo *dpi, const utf8 *text, te
                             *(dst + width + dstScanSkip + 1) = info->palette[3];
                         }
 
-                        if (*src > 180)
+                        if (*src > 180 || !gConfigFonts.enable_hinting)
                         {
                             // Centre of the glyph: use full colour.
                             *dst = colour;
diff --git a/src/openrct2/drawing/ttf.c b/src/openrct2/drawing/ttf.c
index 8d3b0b983a..73c5d5227f 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/drawing/ttf.c
+++ b/src/openrct2/drawing/ttf.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <ft2build.h>
 #include FT_FREETYPE_H
 
+#include "../config/Config.h"
 #include "../localisation/localisation.h"
 #include "../OpenRCT2.h"
 #include "../platform/platform.h"
@@ -276,7 +277,14 @@ static bool ttf_get_size(TTF_Font * font, const utf8 * text, sint32 * outWidth,
 
 static TTFSurface * ttf_render(TTF_Font * font, const utf8 * text)
 {
-    return TTF_RenderUTF8_Shaded(font, text, 0x000000FF, 0x000000FF);
+    if (gConfigFonts.enable_hinting)
+    {
+        return TTF_RenderUTF8_Shaded(font, text, 0x000000FF, 0x000000FF);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        return TTF_RenderUTF8_Solid(font, text, 0x000000FF);
+    }
 }
 
 void ttf_free_surface(TTFSurface * surface)