diff --git a/IPython/frontend/wx/console_widget.py b/IPython/frontend/wx/console_widget.py
index 21778ec..7be4d9a 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/wx/console_widget.py
+++ b/IPython/frontend/wx/console_widget.py
@@ -316,7 +316,12 @@ class ConsoleWidget(editwindow.EditWindow):
         self.SetWrapMode(stc.STC_WRAP_CHAR)
         self.SetWrapMode(stc.STC_WRAP_WORD)
         self.SetBufferedDraw(True)
-        self.SetUseAntiAliasing(True)
+
+        if 'antialiasing' in p:
+            self.SetUseAntiAliasing(p['antialiasing'])            
+        else:        
+            self.SetUseAntiAliasing(True)
+
         self.SetLayoutCache(stc.STC_CACHE_PAGE)
         self.SetUndoCollection(False)
         self.SetUseTabs(True)
diff --git a/IPython/frontend/wx/ipythonx.py b/IPython/frontend/wx/ipythonx.py
index 5fc1027..4b31e5d 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/wx/ipythonx.py
+++ b/IPython/frontend/wx/ipythonx.py
@@ -128,6 +128,10 @@ Simple graphical frontend to IPython, using WxWidgets."""
 
     if options.colorset == 'black':
         style = {
+                #advanced options
+                'antialiasing' : True,
+                
+                #background + carret color
                 'carret_color' : 'WHITE',
                 'background_color' : 'BLACK',