diff --git a/src/screen.c b/src/screen.c
index e6f6f70378..c51d795868 100644
--- a/src/screen.c
+++ b/src/screen.c
@@ -6166,9 +6166,11 @@ screen_line(
 	    hl = ScreenAttrs[off_to + CHAR_CELLS];
 	    if (hl > HL_ALL)
 		hl = syn_attr2attr(hl);
-# ifndef FEAT_GUI_MACVIM /* see comment on subpixel antialiasing */
-	    if (hl & HL_BOLD)
+	    if ((hl & HL_BOLD)
+# ifdef FEAT_GUI_MACVIM /* see comment on subpixel antialiasing */
+		    || gui.in_use
 # endif
+		    )
 		redraw_this = TRUE;
 	}
 #endif
@@ -6299,9 +6301,11 @@ screen_line(
 		hl = ScreenAttrs[off_to];
 		if (hl > HL_ALL)
 		    hl = syn_attr2attr(hl);
-# ifndef FEAT_GUI_MACVIM /* see comment on subpixel antialiasing */
-		if (hl & HL_BOLD)
+		if ((hl & HL_BOLD)
+# ifdef FEAT_GUI_MACVIM /* see comment on subpixel antialiasing */
+			|| gui.in_use
 # endif
+			)
 		    redraw_next = TRUE;
 	    }
 #endif
@@ -6387,9 +6391,11 @@ screen_line(
 	    if (gui.in_use && (col > startCol || !redraw_this))
 	    {
 		hl = ScreenAttrs[off_to];
-# ifndef FEAT_GUI_MACVIM /* see comment on subpixel antialiasing */
-		if (hl > HL_ALL || (hl & HL_BOLD))
+		if (hl > HL_ALL || (hl & HL_BOLD)
+# ifdef FEAT_GUI_MACVIM /* see comment on subpixel antialiasing */
+			|| gui.in_use
 # endif
+			)
 		{
 		    int prev_cells = 1;
 # ifdef FEAT_MBYTE
@@ -7591,9 +7597,11 @@ screen_puts_len(
 
 		if (n > HL_ALL)
 		    n = syn_attr2attr(n);
-# ifndef FEAT_GUI_MACVIM /* see comment on subpixel antialiasing */
-		if (n & HL_BOLD)
+		if ((n & HL_BOLD)
+# ifdef FEAT_GUI_MACVIM /* see comment on subpixel antialiasing */
+			|| gui.in_use
 # endif
+			)
 		    force_redraw_next = TRUE;
 	    }
 #endif
@@ -8673,21 +8681,22 @@ screen_fill(
 # endif
 		   )
 		{
-# ifndef FEAT_GUI_MACVIM
+# ifdef FEAT_GUI_MACVIM
+		    /* Mac OS X does subpixel antialiasing which often causes a
+		     * glyph to spill over into neighboring cells.  For this
+		     * reason we always clear the neighboring glyphs whenever a
+		     * glyph is cleared, just like other GUIs cope with the
+		     * bold trick. */
+		    if (gui.in_use)
+			force_next = (ScreenLines[off] != ' ');
+		    else
+# endif
 		    if (ScreenLines[off] != ' '
 			    && (ScreenAttrs[off] > HL_ALL
 				|| ScreenAttrs[off] & HL_BOLD))
 			force_next = TRUE;
 		    else
 			force_next = FALSE;
-# else
-		    /* Mac OS X does subpixel antialiasing which often causes a
-		     * glyph to spill over into neighboring cells.  For this
-		     * reason we always clear the neighboring glyphs whenever a
-		     * glyph is cleared, just like other GUIs cope with the
-		     * bold trick. */
-		    force_next = (ScreenLines[off] != ' ');
-# endif
 		}
 #endif
 		ScreenLines[off] = c;