diff --git a/src/canvas.js b/src/canvas.js
index 1b62bce4e..a96cdee10 100644
--- a/src/canvas.js
+++ b/src/canvas.js
@@ -1030,6 +1030,7 @@ var CanvasGraphics = (function CanvasGraphicsClosure() {
             continue;
           }
 
+          var restoreNeeded = false;
           var character = glyph.fontChar;
           var vmetric = glyph.vmetric || defaultVMetrics;
           if (vertical) {
@@ -1055,6 +1056,22 @@ var CanvasGraphics = (function CanvasGraphicsClosure() {
               scaledAccentX = scaledX + accent.offset.x / fontSizeScale;
               scaledAccentY = scaledY - accent.offset.y / fontSizeScale;
             }
+
+            if (font.remeasure && width > 0) {
+              // some standard fonts may not have the exact width, trying to
+              // rescale per character
+              var measuredWidth = ctx.measureText(character).width * 1000 /
+                current.fontSize * current.fontSizeScale;
+              var characterScaleX = width / measuredWidth;
+              restoreNeeded = true;
+              ctx.save();
+              ctx.scale(characterScaleX, 1);
+              scaledX /= characterScaleX;
+              if (accent) {
+                scaledAccentX /= characterScaleX;
+              }
+            }
+
             switch (textRenderingMode) {
               default: // other unsupported rendering modes
               case TextRenderingMode.FILL:
@@ -1096,6 +1113,10 @@ var CanvasGraphics = (function CanvasGraphicsClosure() {
           x += charWidth;
 
           canvasWidth += charWidth;
+
+          if (restoreNeeded) {
+            ctx.restore();
+          }
         }
         if (vertical) {
           current.y -= x * textHScale;
diff --git a/src/fonts.js b/src/fonts.js
index 02710eadd..e86be2d20 100644
--- a/src/fonts.js
+++ b/src/fonts.js
@@ -2443,6 +2443,9 @@ var Font = (function FontClosure() {
       // name ArialBlack for example will be replaced by Helvetica.
       this.black = (name.search(/Black/g) != -1);
 
+      // if at least one width is present, remeasure all chars when exists
+      this.remeasure = Object.keys(this.widths).length > 0;
+
       this.encoding = properties.baseEncoding;
       this.noUnicodeAdaptation = true;
       this.loadedName = fontName.split('-')[0];
@@ -4656,6 +4659,7 @@ var Font = (function FontClosure() {
           }
           fontCharCode = this.toFontChar[charcode] || charcode;
           break;
+        case 'MMType1': // XXX at the moment only "standard" fonts are supported
         case 'Type1':
           var glyphName = this.differences[charcode] || this.encoding[charcode];
           if (!isNum(width))