diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 458d6ffe..151d12aa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@
   **foot.ini**(5)::KEYPAD, or
   [README.md](README.md#user-content-keypad) for details
   (https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/issues/194).
+* Single-width characters with double-width glyphs are now allowed to
+  overflow into neighboring cells by default. Set
+  **tweak.allow-overflowing-double-width-glyphs** to ‘no’ to disable
+  this.
 
 
 ### Deprecated
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index bb8324db..b7909f9e 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -1618,8 +1618,8 @@ parse_section_tweak(
 
     else if (strcmp(key, "allow-overflowing-double-width-glyphs") == 0) {
         conf->tweak.allow_overflowing_double_width_glyphs = str_to_bool(value);
-        if (conf->tweak.allow_overflowing_double_width_glyphs)
-            LOG_WARN("tweak: allow overflowing double-width glyphs");
+        if (!conf->tweak.allow_overflowing_double_width_glyphs)
+            LOG_WARN("tweak: disabled overflowing double-width glyphs");
     }
 
     else if (strcmp(key, "damage-whole-window") == 0) {
@@ -2084,7 +2084,7 @@ config_load(struct config *conf, const char *conf_path,
 
         .tweak = {
             .fcft_filter = FCFT_SCALING_FILTER_LANCZOS3,
-            .allow_overflowing_double_width_glyphs = false,
+            .allow_overflowing_double_width_glyphs = true,
             .delayed_render_lower_ns = 500000,         /* 0.5ms */
             .delayed_render_upper_ns = 16666666 / 2,   /* half a frame period (60Hz) */
             .max_shm_pool_size = 512 * 1024 * 1024,
diff --git a/doc/foot.ini.5.scd b/doc/foot.ini.5.scd
index 39d874e0..fea26fcf 100644
--- a/doc/foot.ini.5.scd
+++ b/doc/foot.ini.5.scd
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ any of these options.
 	Note: this feature uses _heuristics_ to determine *which* glyphs
 	should be allowed to overflow.
 	
-	Default: _false_.
+	Default: _yes_.
 
 *render-timer*
 	Enables a frame rendering timer, that prints the time it takes to
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ any of these options.
 	GPU usage (by the compositor, not by foot), and may have a
 	negative impact on battery life.
 	
-	Default: _false_.
+	Default: _no_.
 
 *max-shm-pool-size-mb*
 	This option controls the amount of *virtual* memory used by the