diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index 7936144c7b..94c3ce14eb 100644
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ wxMSW:
 - Fix positioning windows at positions >= SHORT_MAX (Cătălin Răceanu).
 - Honour alignment flags for multiline buttons using custom colours too.
 - Support MSVC auto-linking when using monolithic build too (PB).
+- Fix build in ANSI (non-Unicode) mode.
 
 wxOSX:
 
diff --git a/include/wx/string.h b/include/wx/string.h
index 75b5a587d4..7b63c81e2a 100644
--- a/include/wx/string.h
+++ b/include/wx/string.h
@@ -3839,9 +3839,11 @@ public:
 // wxString comparison functions: operator versions are always case sensitive
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+// comparison with C-style narrow and wide strings.
 #define wxCMP_WXCHAR_STRING(p, s, op) 0 op s.Cmp(p)
 
-wxDEFINE_ALL_COMPARISONS(const wxChar *, const wxString&, wxCMP_WXCHAR_STRING)
+wxDEFINE_ALL_COMPARISONS(const wchar_t *, const wxString&, wxCMP_WXCHAR_STRING)
+wxDEFINE_ALL_COMPARISONS(const char *, const wxString&, wxCMP_WXCHAR_STRING)
 
 #undef wxCMP_WXCHAR_STRING
 
@@ -3930,17 +3932,6 @@ inline bool wxString::iterator::operator<=(const const_iterator& i) const
 inline bool wxString::iterator::operator>=(const const_iterator& i) const
     { return i <= *this; }
 
-// comparison with C string in Unicode build
-#if wxUSE_UNICODE
-
-#define wxCMP_CHAR_STRING(p, s, op) wxString(p) op s
-
-wxDEFINE_ALL_COMPARISONS(const char *, const wxString&, wxCMP_CHAR_STRING)
-
-#undef wxCMP_CHAR_STRING
-
-#endif // wxUSE_UNICODE
-
 // we also need to provide the operators for comparison with wxCStrData to
 // resolve ambiguity between operator(const wxChar *,const wxString &) and
 // operator(const wxChar *, const wxChar *) for "p == s.c_str()"
diff --git a/src/msw/graphics.cpp b/src/msw/graphics.cpp
index f7c014d9d4..8d752b8ab6 100644
--- a/src/msw/graphics.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/graphics.cpp
@@ -2335,7 +2335,7 @@ void wxGDIPlusRenderer::Load()
             for ( size_t i = 0 ; i < n; i++ )
             {
                 const wxString& fname = privateFonts[i];
-                gs_privateFonts->AddFontFile(fname.t_str());
+                gs_privateFonts->AddFontFile(fname.wc_str());
             }
 
             gs_pFontFamily = new Gdiplus::FontFamily[n];