diff --git a/USAGE.md b/USAGE.md
index 581d058c1..7e2400e8f 100644
--- a/USAGE.md
+++ b/USAGE.md
@@ -2983,7 +2983,7 @@ channels_set_bg_default(uint64_t* channels){
 familiar pixel graphics routines, and then rendered to a (character-
 graphics) plane using a variety of blitting methods:
 
-* Space with background color -- the only blitter that works in ASCII
+* Space with background color -- the only cell blitter that works in ASCII
   mode. 1:1 pixels map losslessly to 2:1 cells.
 * Unicode upper- and lower-half blocks (▀ and ▄, respectively). 2:1 pixels
   map losslessly to 2:1 cells. The default blitting mode.
@@ -2991,6 +2991,7 @@ graphics) plane using a variety of blitting methods:
 * Unicode sextants. 3x2 pixels map to 2:1 cells.
 * Braille. 4:2 pixels map to 2:1 cells. Useful when only two colors are needed
   in a small area, due to high resolution.
+* Sixel- and Kitty-based bitmaps.
 
 It is most typicaly to prepare `ncvisual`s from files on disk (see 
 [Multimedia](#multimedia) below); this requires Notcurses to be built against
@@ -3086,7 +3087,7 @@ typedef enum {
   NCBLIT_2x2,     // quadrants + 2x1          ▗▐ ▖▀▟▌▙
   NCBLIT_3x2,     // sextants (*NOT* 2x2)     🬀🬁🬂🬃🬄🬅🬆🬇🬈🬉🬊🬋🬌🬍🬎🬏🬐🬑🬒🬓🬔🬕🬖🬗🬘🬙🬚🬛🬜🬝🬞
   NCBLIT_BRAILLE, // 4 rows, 2 cols (braille) ⡀⡄⡆⡇⢀⣀⣄⣆⣇⢠⣠⣤⣦⣧⢰⣰⣴⣶⣷⢸⣸⣼⣾⣿
-  NCBLIT_PIXEL,   // pixel graphics
+  NCBLIT_PIXEL,   // pixel graphics (also work in ASCII)
   NCBLIT_4x1,     // four vertical levels     █▆▄▂     (plots only)
   NCBLIT_8x1,     // eight vertical levels    █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁ (plots only)
 } ncblitter_e;
diff --git a/doc/man/man3/notcurses_visual.3.md b/doc/man/man3/notcurses_visual.3.md
index b5141610c..aba12bbb5 100644
--- a/doc/man/man3/notcurses_visual.3.md
+++ b/doc/man/man3/notcurses_visual.3.md
@@ -171,12 +171,12 @@ is interpreted as an **ncalign_e** rather than an absolute position.
 The different **ncblitter_e** values select from among available glyph sets:
 
 * **NCBLIT_DEFAULT**: Let the **ncvisual** choose its own blitter.
-* **NCBLIT_1x1**: Spaces only. Works in ASCII, unlike other blitters.
+* **NCBLIT_1x1**: Spaces only. Works in ASCII, unlike most other blitters.
 * **NCBLIT_2x1**: Adds the half blocks (▄▀) to **NCBLIT_1x1**.
 * **NCBLIT_2x2**: Adds left and right half blocks (▌▐) and quadrants (▖▗▟▙) to **NCBLIT_2x1**.
 * **NCBLIT_3x2**: Adds sextants to **NCBLIT_1x1**.
 * **NCBLIT_BRAILLE**: 4 rows and 2 columns of braille (⡀⡄⡆⡇⢀⣀⣄⣆⣇⢠⣠⣤⣦⣧⢰⣰⣴⣶⣷⢸⣸⣼⣾⣿).
-* **NCBLIT_PIXEL**: Adds pixel graphics.
+* **NCBLIT_PIXEL**: Adds pixel graphics (these also work in ASCII).
 
 Two more blitters exist for plots, but are unsuitable for generic media:
 
diff --git a/src/lib/blit.c b/src/lib/blit.c
index c75f85fb4..b5fb14d5a 100644
--- a/src/lib/blit.c
+++ b/src/lib/blit.c
@@ -897,8 +897,8 @@ const struct blitset* lookup_blitset(const tinfo* tcache, ncblitter_e setid, boo
       return NULL;
     }
   }
-  // the only viable blitter in ASCII is NCBLIT_1x1
-  if(!tcache->utf8 && setid != NCBLIT_1x1){
+  // the only viable blitters in ASCII are NCBLIT_1x1 and NCBLIT_PIXEL
+  if(!tcache->utf8 && (setid != NCBLIT_1x1 && setid != NCBLIT_PIXEL)){
     if(may_degrade){
       setid = NCBLIT_1x1;
     }else{