diff --git a/engines/hugo/display.cpp b/engines/hugo/display.cpp
index e825070e83f..0c6ed083f14 100644
--- a/engines/hugo/display.cpp
+++ b/engines/hugo/display.cpp
@@ -139,17 +139,6 @@ void Screen::setBackgroundColor(long color) {
 	// How???  Translate existing pixels in dib before objects rendered?
 }
 
-// Write the supplied character in the supplied color to x,y pixel coords
-void Screen::writeChar(int16 x, int16 y, char c, byte color) {
-	debugC(1, kDebugDisplay, "writeChar(%d, %d, %c, %d)", x, y, c, color);
-
-	warning("STUB: writeChar()");
-	// x = (int16)((long) x * config.cx / XPIX);
-	// y = (int16)((long) y * config.cy / YPIX);
-	// SetTextColor(hDC, GetPalIndex(color));
-	// TextOut(hDC, x, y, &c, 1);
-}
-
 // Return the overlay state (Foreground/Background) of the currently
 // processed object by looking down the current column for an overlay
 // base bit set (in which case the object is foreground).
diff --git a/engines/hugo/display.h b/engines/hugo/display.h
index 0985e1b9fde..e315edbc927 100644
--- a/engines/hugo/display.h
+++ b/engines/hugo/display.h
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public:
 	void     setBackgroundColor(long color);
 	void     shadowStr(int16 sx, int16 sy, char *s, byte color);
 	void     userHelp();
-	void     writeChar(int16 x, int16 y, char c, byte color);
+	void     writeChr(int sx, int sy, byte color, char *local_fontdata);
 	void     writeStr(int16 sx, int16 sy, char *s, byte color);
 
 	icondib_t &getIconBuffer() {
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ private:
 	overlayState_t findOvl(seq_t *seq_p, image_pt dst_p, uint16 y);
 	void merge(rect_t *rectA, rect_t *rectB);
 	int16 mergeLists(rect_t *list, rect_t *blist, int16 len, int16 blen, int16 bmax);
-	void writeChr(int sx, int sy, byte color, char *local_fontdata);
 	int16 center(char *s);
 };
 
diff --git a/engines/hugo/intro.cpp b/engines/hugo/intro.cpp
index c856985f478..2b4d910183a 100644
--- a/engines/hugo/intro.cpp
+++ b/engines/hugo/intro.cpp
@@ -109,9 +109,15 @@ bool intro_v3w::introPlay() {
 //TODO : Add proper check of story mode
 //#if STORY
 //	SetBkMode(TRANSPARENT);
+
+// FIXME: This initialization shouldn't be there, as all the fonts should be loaded directly
+	_vm.screen().loadFont(0);
+
 	if (introTicks < introSize) {
 		// Scale viewport x_intro,y_intro to screen (offsetting y)
-		_vm.screen().writeChar(_vm._introX[introTicks], _vm._introY[introTicks] - DIBOFF_Y, 'x', _TBRIGHTWHITE);
+		_vm.screen().writeStr(_vm._introX[introTicks], _vm._introY[introTicks] - DIBOFF_Y, "x", _TBRIGHTWHITE);
+		_vm.screen().displayBackground();
+
 
 		// Text boxes at various times
 		switch (introTicks) {