diff --git a/include/SFML/Graphics/Font.hpp b/include/SFML/Graphics/Font.hpp
index f0cd18e1..ce9bda6f 100644
--- a/include/SFML/Graphics/Font.hpp
+++ b/include/SFML/Graphics/Font.hpp
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ private:
     ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
     struct Page
     {
-        Page();
+        explicit Page(bool smooth);
 
         GlyphTable       glyphs;  //!< Table mapping code points to their corresponding glyph
         Texture          texture; //!< Texture containing the pixels of the glyphs
@@ -369,6 +369,16 @@ private:
     ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
     void cleanup();
 
+    ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+    /// \brief Find or create the glyphs page corresponding to the given character size
+    ///
+    /// \param characterSize Reference character size
+    ///
+    /// \return The glyphs page corresponding to \a characterSize
+    ///
+    ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+    Page& loadPage(unsigned int characterSize) const;
+
     ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
     /// \brief Load a new glyph and store it in the cache
     ///
diff --git a/include/SFML/Graphics/Image.hpp b/include/SFML/Graphics/Image.hpp
index d5898913..309058a1 100644
--- a/include/SFML/Graphics/Image.hpp
+++ b/include/SFML/Graphics/Image.hpp
@@ -228,9 +228,13 @@ public:
     /// kind of feature in real-time you'd better use sf::RenderTexture.
     ///
     /// If \a sourceRect is empty, the whole image is copied.
-    /// If \a applyAlpha is set to true, the transparency of
-    /// source pixels is applied. If it is false, the pixels are
-    /// copied unchanged with their alpha value.
+    /// If \a applyAlpha is set to true, alpha blending is
+    /// applied from the source pixels to the destination pixels
+    /// using the \b over operator. If it is false, the source
+    /// pixels are copied unchanged with their alpha value.
+    ///
+    /// See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_compositing for
+    /// details on the \b over operator.
     ///
     /// \param source     Source image to copy
     /// \param destX      X coordinate of the destination position
diff --git a/src/SFML/Graphics/Font.cpp b/src/SFML/Graphics/Font.cpp
index 0457c809..08a73cdc 100644
--- a/src/SFML/Graphics/Font.cpp
+++ b/src/SFML/Graphics/Font.cpp
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ const Font::Info& Font::getInfo() const
 const Glyph& Font::getGlyph(Uint32 codePoint, unsigned int characterSize, bool bold, float outlineThickness) const
 {
     // Get the page corresponding to the character size
-    GlyphTable& glyphs = m_pages[characterSize].glyphs;
+    GlyphTable& glyphs = loadPage(characterSize).glyphs;
 
     // Build the key by combining the glyph index (based on code point), bold flag, and outline thickness
     Uint64 key = combine(outlineThickness, bold, FT_Get_Char_Index(m_fontHandles ? m_fontHandles->face.get() : nullptr, codePoint));
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ float Font::getUnderlineThickness(unsigned int characterSize) const
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 const Texture& Font::getTexture(unsigned int characterSize) const
 {
-    return m_pages[characterSize].texture;
+    return loadPage(characterSize).texture;
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -531,6 +531,18 @@ void Font::cleanup()
 }
 
 
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+Font::Page& Font::loadPage(unsigned int characterSize) const
+{
+    // TODO: Remove this method and use try_emplace instead when updating to C++17
+    PageTable::iterator pageIterator = m_pages.find(characterSize);
+    if (pageIterator == m_pages.end())
+        pageIterator = m_pages.insert(std::make_pair(characterSize, Page(m_isSmooth))).first;
+
+    return pageIterator->second;
+}
+
+
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 Glyph Font::loadGlyph(Uint32 codePoint, unsigned int characterSize, bool bold, float outlineThickness) const
 {
@@ -620,7 +632,7 @@ Glyph Font::loadGlyph(Uint32 codePoint, unsigned int characterSize, bool bold, f
         height += 2 * padding;
 
         // Get the glyphs page corresponding to the character size
-        Page& page = m_pages[characterSize];
+        Page& page = loadPage(characterSize);
 
         // Find a good position for the new glyph into the texture
         glyph.textureRect = findGlyphRect(page, width, height);
@@ -816,7 +828,7 @@ bool Font::setCurrentSize(unsigned int characterSize) const
 
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-Font::Page::Page() :
+Font::Page::Page(bool smooth) :
 nextRow(3)
 {
     // Make sure that the texture is initialized by default
@@ -834,7 +846,7 @@ nextRow(3)
         err() << "Failed to load font page texture" << std::endl;
     }
 
-    texture.setSmooth(true);
+    texture.setSmooth(smooth);
 }
 
 } // namespace sf
diff --git a/src/SFML/Graphics/Image.cpp b/src/SFML/Graphics/Image.cpp
index 010023c5..d6dfe6b5 100644
--- a/src/SFML/Graphics/Image.cpp
+++ b/src/SFML/Graphics/Image.cpp
@@ -257,12 +257,19 @@ void Image::copy(const Image& source, unsigned int destX, unsigned int destY, co
                 const Uint8* src = srcPixels + j * 4;
                 Uint8*       dst = dstPixels + j * 4;
 
-                // Interpolate RGBA components using the alpha value of the source pixel
-                Uint8 alpha = src[3];
-                dst[0] = static_cast<Uint8>((src[0] * alpha + dst[0] * (255 - alpha)) / 255);
-                dst[1] = static_cast<Uint8>((src[1] * alpha + dst[1] * (255 - alpha)) / 255);
-                dst[2] = static_cast<Uint8>((src[2] * alpha + dst[2] * (255 - alpha)) / 255);
-                dst[3] = static_cast<Uint8>(alpha + dst[3] * (255 - alpha) / 255);
+                // Interpolate RGBA components using the alpha values of the destination and source pixels
+                Uint8 src_alpha = src[3];
+                Uint8 dst_alpha = dst[3];
+                Uint8 out_alpha = static_cast<Uint8>(src_alpha + dst_alpha - src_alpha * dst_alpha / 255);
+
+                dst[3] = out_alpha;
+
+                if (out_alpha)
+                    for (int k = 0; k < 3; k++)
+                        dst[k] = static_cast<Uint8>((src[k] * src_alpha + dst[k] * (out_alpha - src_alpha)) / out_alpha);
+                else
+                    for (int k = 0; k < 3; k++)
+                        dst[k] = src[k];
             }
 
             srcPixels += srcStride;
diff --git a/src/SFML/Window/Unix/CursorImpl.cpp b/src/SFML/Window/Unix/CursorImpl.cpp
index d8f979f0..f550b997 100644
--- a/src/SFML/Window/Unix/CursorImpl.cpp
+++ b/src/SFML/Window/Unix/CursorImpl.cpp
@@ -80,10 +80,10 @@ bool CursorImpl::loadFromPixelsARGB(const Uint8* pixels, Vector2u size, Vector2u
     const std::size_t numPixels = static_cast<std::size_t>(size.x) * static_cast<std::size_t>(size.y);
     for (std::size_t pixelIndex = 0; pixelIndex < numPixels; ++pixelIndex)
     {
-        cursorImage->pixels[pixelIndex] = static_cast<Uint8>(pixels[pixelIndex * 4 + 2] +
-                                                            (pixels[pixelIndex * 4 + 1] << 8) +
-                                                            (pixels[pixelIndex * 4 + 0] << 16) +
-                                                            (pixels[pixelIndex * 4 + 3] << 24));
+        cursorImage->pixels[pixelIndex] = static_cast<Uint32>(pixels[pixelIndex * 4 + 2] +
+                                                              (pixels[pixelIndex * 4 + 1] << 8) +
+                                                              (pixels[pixelIndex * 4 + 0] << 16) +
+                                                              (pixels[pixelIndex * 4 + 3] << 24));
     }
 
     // Create the cursor.