diff -uNr unity-5.8.0.orig/plugins/unityshell/src/StaticCairoText.cpp unity-5.8.0/plugins/unityshell/src/StaticCairoText.cpp
--- unity-5.8.0.orig/plugins/unityshell/src/StaticCairoText.cpp	2012-03-23 11:53:16.000000000 +0000
+++ unity-5.8.0/plugins/unityshell/src/StaticCairoText.cpp	2012-03-24 08:11:49.958527064 +0000
@@ -375,9 +375,15 @@
 
   // logRect has some issues using italic style
   if (inkRect.x + inkRect.width > logRect.x + logRect.width)
-    width = (inkRect.x + inkRect.width - logRect.x) /PANGO_SCALE;
+  {
+    width = (inkRect.x + inkRect.width - logRect.x) / PANGO_SCALE;
+    width += (inkRect.x + inkRect.width - logRect.x) % PANGO_SCALE == 0 ? 0 : 1;
+  }
   else
-    width  = logRect.width / PANGO_SCALE;
+  {
+    width = logRect.width / PANGO_SCALE;
+    width += logRect.width / PANGO_SCALE == 0 ? 0 : 1;
+  }
 
   height = logRect.height / PANGO_SCALE;
   _cached_extent_height = height;