--- bless-0.4.1/src/gui/drawers/Drawer.cs.orig	2006-09-21 17:31:58.000000000 +0200
+++ bless-0.4.1/src/gui/drawers/Drawer.cs	2006-09-21 17:33:33.000000000 +0200
@@ -179,20 +179,13 @@
 		Pango.Context pangoCtx=widget.PangoContext;
 		Pango.FontMetrics fm=pangoCtx.GetMetrics(fontDescription, lang);
 		
-		// set the font height and width
-		height =(int)( (fm.Ascent+fm.Descent)/Pango.Scale.PangoScale);
-		width =(int) ((fm.ApproximateCharWidth)/Pango.Scale.PangoScale);
-		
-		// temporary workaround for font width problem
-		int fontWidthFix;
-		try {
-			 fontWidthFix = Convert.ToInt32(Preferences.Instance["FontWidthFix"]);
-		}
-		catch (Exception e) {
-			fontWidthFix = 0;
-		}
-		
-		width += fontWidthFix;
+		// set the font height and width		
+		// BUGFIX:
+		Pango.Layout layout = new Pango.Layout(pangoCtx);
+		layout.FontDescription = fontDescription;
+		layout.SetText("A"); // check for a single character
+		layout.GetPixelSize(out width, out height);
+		// END OF FIX
 		
 		// create the font pixmaps
 		InitializePixmaps();