diff --git a/src/renderer/generic.zig b/src/renderer/generic.zig
index e376e1bfe..1a0f4a353 100644
--- a/src/renderer/generic.zig
+++ b/src/renderer/generic.zig
@@ -3536,7 +3536,11 @@ pub fn Renderer(comptime GraphicsAPI: type) type {
                 @intCast(cp.codepoint),
                 .regular,
                 .text,
-                .{ .grid_metrics = self.grid_metrics },
+                .{
+                    .grid_metrics = self.grid_metrics,
+                    .thicken = self.config.font_thicken,
+                    .thicken_strength = self.config.font_thicken_strength,
+                },
             ) catch |err| {
                 log.warn("error rendering preedit glyph err={}", .{err});
                 return;