diff --git a/source/shared_lib/sources/graphics/font.cpp b/source/shared_lib/sources/graphics/font.cpp
index 9c4dcfa7..0fca9943 100644
--- a/source/shared_lib/sources/graphics/font.cpp
+++ b/source/shared_lib/sources/graphics/font.cpp
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ float FontMetrics::getTextWidth(const string &str) const {
 		}
 		//Treat 2 byte characters as spaces
         if(str[i] < 0) {
-            width+= (widths[87]); // This is the letter W which is a fairly wide character and good to use for spacing
+            width+= (widths[97]); // This is the letter a which is a normal wide character and good to use for spacing
             //i++;
         }
         else {