--- src/vtexft.c.orig	Mon Mar 27 01:08:51 2006
+++ src/vtexft.c	Mon Mar 27 01:09:10 2006
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@
 		rcolor.red = data->color.red;
 		rcolor.green = data->color.green;
 		rcolor.blue = data->color.blue;
-		rcolor.alpha = 0xffff;
+		rcolor.alpha = 0xaaaa;
 		if (XftColorAllocValue(data->display, data->visual,
 				       data->colormap, &rcolor, &ftcolor)) {
 			XftDrawRect(data->draw, &ftcolor,