diff --git a/common/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/render/font/CompactUnihexContents.java b/common/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/render/font/CompactUnihexContents.java
index 9adf848f..2b2e199a 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/render/font/CompactUnihexContents.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/render/font/CompactUnihexContents.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public class CompactUnihexContents {
     }
 
     private static short extractShort(long compressed, int off) {
-        return (byte)((compressed >> (off * 16)) & 0xFF);
+        return (short)((compressed >> (off * 16)) & 0xFFFF);
     }
 
     public static class Bytes implements UnihexProvider.LineData {