--- emf-win32-inout.cpp.dist	2012-05-24 15:12:42 -0700
+++ emf-win32-inout.cpp	2012-05-24 15:16:56 -0700
@@ -1654,11 +1654,12 @@
 
             PEMRSETMITERLIMIT pEmr = (PEMRSETMITERLIMIT) lpEMFR;
 
-            float miterlimit = pEmr->eMiterLimit;
-            miterlimit = miterlimit * 4.0 / 10.0;
-            d->dc[d->level].style.stroke_miterlimit.value = pix_to_size_point( d, miterlimit );
-            if (d->dc[d->level].style.stroke_miterlimit.value < 1)
-                d->dc[d->level].style.stroke_miterlimit.value = 4.0;
+            //BUG in SetMiterLimit() on mingw, possibly in underlying Windows(at least on XP?)
+            //The function takes a float but saves a 32 bit int in the EMR_SETMITERLIMIT record.
+            float miterlimit = *((int32_t *) &(pEmr->eMiterLimit));
+            d->dc[d->level].style.stroke_miterlimit.value = miterlimit; //ratio, not a pt size
+            if (d->dc[d->level].style.stroke_miterlimit.value < 2)
+                d->dc[d->level].style.stroke_miterlimit.value = 2.0;
             break;
         }
         case EMR_BEGINPATH:
--- emf-win32-print.cpp.dist	2012-05-24 15:12:42 -0700
+++ emf-win32-print.cpp	2012-05-24 15:18:45 -0700
@@ -374,13 +374,7 @@
 
         if (linejoin == PS_JOIN_MITER) {
             float oldmiterlimit;
-            float miterlimit = style->stroke_miterlimit.value;
-
-            miterlimit = miterlimit * 10.0 / 4.0;
-            if (miterlimit < 1)
-                miterlimit = 10.0;
-
-            miterlimit = miterlimit * IN_PER_PX * dwDPI;
+            float miterlimit = style->stroke_miterlimit.value; //ratio, not a pt size
 
             SetMiterLimit(
                 hdc,