diff --git a/engine/src/core/com/jme3/font/LetterQuad.java b/engine/src/core/com/jme3/font/LetterQuad.java
index bf4b082bb..ba2b5fe81 100644
--- a/engine/src/core/com/jme3/font/LetterQuad.java
+++ b/engine/src/core/com/jme3/font/LetterQuad.java
@@ -291,6 +291,18 @@ class LetterQuad {
 
             if (previous.isHead() || previous.eol) {
                 x0 = bound.x;
+                
+                // The first letter quad will be drawn right at the first
+                // position... but it does not offset by the characters offset
+                // amount.  This means that we've potentially accumulated extra
+                // pixels and the next letter won't get drawn far enough unless
+                // we add this offset back into xAdvance.. by subtracting it.
+                // This is the same thing that's done below because we've
+                // technically baked the offset in just like below.  It doesn't
+                // look like it at first glance so I'm keeping it separate with
+                // this comment.
+                xAdvance -= xOffset * incrScale; 
+                
             } else {
                 x0 = previous.getNextX() + xOffset * incrScale;