diff --git a/android/src/org/ppsspp/ppsspp/TextRenderer.java b/android/src/org/ppsspp/ppsspp/TextRenderer.java
index 60b18912c5..6bc2102d09 100644
--- a/android/src/org/ppsspp/ppsspp/TextRenderer.java
+++ b/android/src/org/ppsspp/ppsspp/TextRenderer.java
@@ -2,17 +2,21 @@ package org.ppsspp.ppsspp;
 
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.graphics.*;
+import android.provider.Settings;
 import android.util.Log;
+import android.view.accessibility.AccessibilityManager;
 
 public class TextRenderer {
-	private static Paint p;
+	private static Paint textPaint;
 	private static Paint bg;
 	private static Typeface robotoCondensed;
 	private static final String TAG = "TextRenderer";
 
+	private static boolean highContrastFontsEnabled = false;
+
 	static {
-		p = new Paint(Paint.SUBPIXEL_TEXT_FLAG | Paint.ANTI_ALIAS_FLAG);
-		p.setColor(Color.WHITE);
+		textPaint = new Paint(Paint.SUBPIXEL_TEXT_FLAG | Paint.ANTI_ALIAS_FLAG);
+		textPaint.setColor(Color.WHITE);
 		bg = new Paint();
 		bg.setColor(0);
 	}
@@ -21,24 +25,25 @@ public class TextRenderer {
 		robotoCondensed = Typeface.createFromAsset(ctx.getAssets(), "Roboto-Condensed.ttf");
 		if (robotoCondensed != null) {
 			Log.i(TAG, "Successfully loaded Roboto Condensed");
-			p.setTypeface(robotoCondensed);
+			textPaint.setTypeface(robotoCondensed);
 		} else {
 			Log.e(TAG, "Failed to load Roboto Condensed");
 		}
+		highContrastFontsEnabled = Settings.Secure.getInt(ctx.getContentResolver(), "high_text_contrast_enabled", 0) == 1;
 	}
 
 	private static Point measureLine(String string, double textSize) {
 		int w;
 		if (string.length() > 0) {
-			p.setTextSize((float) textSize);
-			w = (int) p.measureText(string);
+			textPaint.setTextSize((float) textSize);
+			w = (int) textPaint.measureText(string);
 			// Round width up to even already here to avoid annoyances from odd-width 16-bit textures
 			// which OpenGL does not like - each line must be 4-byte aligned
 			w = (w + 5) & ~1;
 		} else {
 			w = 1;
 		}
-		int h = (int) (p.descent() - p.ascent() + 2.0f);
+		int h = (int) (textPaint.descent() - textPaint.ascent() + 2.0f);
 		Point p = new Point();
 		p.x = w;
 		p.y = h;
@@ -53,7 +58,7 @@ public class TextRenderer {
 			Point sz = measureLine(line, textSize);
 			total.x = Math.max(sz.x, total.x);
 		}
-		total.y = (int) (p.descent() - p.ascent()) * lines.length + 2;
+		total.y = (int) (textPaint.descent() - textPaint.ascent()) * lines.length + 2;
 		// Returning a 0 size can create problems when the caller
 		// uses the measurement to create a texture.
 		// Also, clamp to a reasonable maximum size.
@@ -85,10 +90,26 @@ public class TextRenderer {
 
 		String lines[] = string.replaceAll("\\r", "").split("\n");
 		float y = 1.0f;
+
+		Path path = new Path();
+
 		for (String line : lines) {
-			if (line.length() > 0)
-				canvas.drawText(line, 1, -p.ascent() + y, p);
-			y += p.descent() - p.ascent();
+			if (line.length() > 0) {
+				if (highContrastFontsEnabled) {
+					// This is a workaround for avoiding "High Contrast Fonts" screwing up our
+					// single-channel font rendering.
+					// Unfortunately, emoji do not render on this path.
+					if (path == null) {
+						path = new Path();
+					}
+					textPaint.getTextPath(line, 0, line.length(), 1, -textPaint.ascent() + y, path);
+					canvas.drawPath(path, textPaint);
+				} else {
+					// Standard text rendering, including emoji. Fine if high contrast fonts are not enabled.
+					canvas.drawText(line, 1, -textPaint.ascent() + y, textPaint);
+				}
+			}
+			y += textPaint.descent() - textPaint.ascent();
 		}
 
 		int[] pixels = new int[w * h];