--- src/misc.c
+++ src/misc.c
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@
    
    while (s1 < smax)
      {
-	if ((*s1 & 0x80) && (eight_bit > (unsigned int) *s1))
+	if ((*s1 & 0x80) && ((eight_bit > (unsigned int) *s1) || (SLsmg_Is_Unicode)))
 	  {
 	     if (s != (char *) s1)
 	       SLsmg_write_nchars (s, (unsigned int) ((char *)s1 - s));