diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/ui/EditorButton.java b/app/src/processing/app/ui/EditorButton.java
index 0e848efb6..04dea5f01 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/ui/EditorButton.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/ui/EditorButton.java
@@ -112,6 +112,11 @@ implements MouseListener, MouseMotionListener, ActionListener {
     } else if (rollover) {
       image = rolloverImage;
     }
+
+    Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D) g;
+    g2.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_INTERPOLATION,
+                        RenderingHints.VALUE_INTERPOLATION_BICUBIC);
+
     int dim = getSize().width;  // width == height
     if (gradient != null) {
       //g.drawImage(gradient, 0, 0, DIM, DIM, this);
diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/ui/Toolkit.java b/app/src/processing/app/ui/Toolkit.java
index f82e2f81b..771cde403 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/ui/Toolkit.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/ui/Toolkit.java
@@ -717,6 +717,8 @@ public class Toolkit {
                         RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);
     g2.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_TEXT_ANTIALIASING,
                         RenderingHints.VALUE_TEXT_ANTIALIAS_ON);
+    g2.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_INTERPOLATION,
+                        RenderingHints.VALUE_INTERPOLATION_BICUBIC);
     if (Toolkit.isRetina()) {
       // Looks great on retina, not so great (with our font) on 1x
       g2.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_TEXT_ANTIALIASING,