diff --git a/include/wintty.h b/include/wintty.h
index ad7f7ce05..8d272cf56 100644
--- a/include/wintty.h
+++ b/include/wintty.h
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ struct DisplayDesc {
     winid lastwin;     /* last window used for I/O */
     char dismiss_more; /* extra character accepted at --More-- */
     int topl_utf8;     /* non-zero if utf8 in str */
+    int mixed;         /* we are processing mixed output */
 };
 
 #endif /* WINDOW_STRUCTS */
diff --git a/win/tty/topl.c b/win/tty/topl.c
index 3bc266516..fe7417cfa 100644
--- a/win/tty/topl.c
+++ b/win/tty/topl.c
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ redotoplin(const char *str)
 
     home();
     if (!ttyDisplay->topl_utf8) {
-        if (*str & 0x80) {
+        if (ttyDisplay->mixed && (*str & 0x80)) {
             /* kludge for the / command, the only time we ever want a */
             /* graphics character on the top line */
             g_putch((int) *str++);
diff --git a/win/tty/wintty.c b/win/tty/wintty.c
index 27f171001..d27d542b9 100644
--- a/win/tty/wintty.c
+++ b/win/tty/wintty.c
@@ -501,6 +501,8 @@ tty_init_nhwindows(int *argcp UNUSED, char **argv UNUSED)
     ttyDisplay->color = NO_COLOR;
 #endif
     ttyDisplay->attrs = 0;
+    ttyDisplay->topl_utf8 = 0;
+    ttyDisplay->mixed = 0;
 
     /* set up the default windows */
     BASE_WINDOW = tty_create_nhwindow(NHW_BASE);
@@ -3746,6 +3748,7 @@ tty_putmixed(winid window, int attr, const char *str)
         tty_raw_print(str);
         return;
     }
+    ttyDisplay->mixed = 1;
 #ifdef ENHANCED_SYMBOLS
     if ((windowprocs.wincap2 & WC2_U_UTF8STR) && SYMHANDLING(H_UTF8)) {
         mixed_to_utf8(buf, sizeof buf, str, &utf8flag);
@@ -3757,6 +3760,7 @@ tty_putmixed(winid window, int attr, const char *str)
     /* now send it to the normal tty_putstr */
     tty_putstr(window, attr, buf);
     ttyDisplay->topl_utf8 = 0;
+    ttyDisplay->mixed = 0;
 }
 
 /*