diff --git a/src/canvas.js b/src/canvas.js
index 5005d6e23..4aaf75508 100644
--- a/src/canvas.js
+++ b/src/canvas.js
@@ -687,8 +687,7 @@ var CanvasGraphics = (function CanvasGraphicsClosure() {
 
         if (textSelection) {
           this.save();
-          ctx.scale(fontSize, fontSize);
-          ctx.transform.apply(ctx, fontMatrix);
+          ctx.scale(1, -1);
           text.geom = this.getTextGeometry();
           this.restore();
         }
@@ -785,6 +784,7 @@ var CanvasGraphics = (function CanvasGraphicsClosure() {
 
       if (textSelection) {
         ctx.save();
+        // Type3 fonts - each glyph is a "mini-PDF" (see also showText)
         if (font.coded) {
           ctx.transform.apply(ctx, current.textMatrix);
           ctx.scale(1, -1);
diff --git a/src/fonts.js b/src/fonts.js
index 731363a67..83ce4abaa 100644
--- a/src/fonts.js
+++ b/src/fonts.js
@@ -2103,7 +2103,7 @@ var Font = (function FontClosure() {
 
     get spaceWidth() {
       // trying to estimate space character width
-      var possibleSpaceReplacements = ['space', 'minus', '1', 'i'];
+      var possibleSpaceReplacements = ['space', 'minus', 'one', 'i'];
       var width;
       for (var i = 0, ii = possibleSpaceReplacements.length; i < ii; i++) {
         var glyphName = possibleSpaceReplacements[i];