3 files changed, 11 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 4b16e88..371ddee 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -607,6 +607,15 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
 		ted_update_window_dimensions(ted);
 		
+		
+		{
+			Settings *active_settings = ted_active_settings(ted);
+			// we don't properly handle variable-width fonts
+			text_font_set_force_monospace(ted->font, active_settings->force_monospace);
+			text_font_set_force_monospace(ted->font_bold, active_settings->force_monospace);
+		}
+			
+		
 		SDL_Event event;
 		while (SDL_PollEvent(&event)) {
 			TextBuffer *buffer = ted->active_buffer;
diff --git a/ted.c b/ted.c
index 865e9fe..f526947 100644
--- a/ted.c
+++ b/ted.c
@@ -294,9 +294,6 @@ static void ted_load_font(Ted *ted, const char *filename, Font **out) {
 	if (ted_get_file(ted, filename, font_filename, sizeof font_filename)) {
 		Font *font = text_font_load(font_filename, ted_active_settings(ted)->text_size);
 		if (font) {
-			// we don't properly handle variable-width fonts
-			text_font_set_force_monospace(font, true);
-			
 			if (*out) {
 				text_font_free(*out);
 			}
diff --git a/text.c b/text.c
index 093c5ec..c869a5e 100644
--- a/text.c
+++ b/text.c
@@ -195,12 +195,8 @@ Font *text_font_load(const char *ttf_filename, float font_size) {
 					font->char_height = font_size;
 					font->ttf_data = file_data;
 					if (text_load_char_page(font, 0)) { // load page with Latin text, etc.
-						// calculate width of the character 'a'
-						stbtt_aligned_quad q = {0};
-						float x = 0, y = 0;
-						stbtt_GetBakedQuad(font->char_pages[0], font->tex_widths[0], font->tex_heights[0],
-							'a', &x, &y, &q, 1);
-						font->space_width = x;
+						// calculate width of the character ' '
+						font->space_width = font->char_pages[0][' '].xadvance;
 					}
 				} else {
 					text_set_err("Couldn't read font file.");