=== modified file 'libusplash.c'
--- libusplash.c	2008-03-09 23:33:04 +0000
+++ libusplash.c	2008-10-17 17:49:33 +0000
@@ -951,7 +951,7 @@
 	if (theme->draw_status) {
 		theme->draw_status(theme, string, len, mode);
 	} else {
-		int x1, y1, fg;
+		int x1, y1, fg, slen, i;
 
 		if (mode < 0)
 			fg = theme->text_failure;
@@ -963,9 +963,17 @@
 		x1 = text_x2 - theme->status_width;
 		y1 = text_y2 - theme->line_height;
 
-		usplash_clear(x1, y1, text_x2, text_y2,
+		// check lenght of status string, that should not overflow the box.
+		slen = 0;
+		for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+			slen += usplash_getfontwidth(*(string + i ));
+			if ( slen > theme->status_width )
+				break;
+		}
+
+		usplash_clear(text_x2 - slen, y1, text_x2, text_y2,
 			      theme->text_background);
-		usplash_text(x1, y1, string, len, fg,
+			usplash_text(text_x2 - slen , y1, string , i, fg,
 			     theme->text_background);
 	}
 	unblocksig();