--- /c/panda_source/panda_head/panda3d/panda/src/text/textAssembler.cxx	Sun Oct  9 22:25:19 2011
+++ /c/panda_source/panda3d-1.8.0/panda/src/text/textAssembler.cxx	Fri Jun  1 17:43:22 2012
@@ -1378,7 +1378,7 @@
 
     if (character == ' ') {
       // A space is a special case.
-      xpos += font->get_space_advance();
+      xpos += properties->get_glyph_scale() * properties->get_text_scale() * font->get_space_advance();
 
     } else if (character == '\t') {
       // So is a tab character.