diff --git a/src/data/symbol_font.cpp b/src/data/symbol_font.cpp
index d887f9e5..8b943ad7 100644
--- a/src/data/symbol_font.cpp
+++ b/src/data/symbol_font.cpp
@@ -283,10 +283,14 @@ void SymbolFont::drawSymbol(RotatedDC& dc, RealRect sym_rect, double font_size,
 	// find bitmap
 	Bitmap bmp = sym.getBitmap(*this, dc.trS(font_size));
 	// draw aligned in the rectangle
-	dc.DrawBitmap(bmp, align_in_rect(align, dc.trInvS(RealSize(bmp.GetWidth(), bmp.GetHeight())), sym_rect));
+	RealSize  bmp_size = dc.trInvS(RealSize(bmp));
+	RealPoint bmp_pos  = align_in_rect(align, bmp_size, sym_rect);
+	dc.DrawBitmap(bmp, bmp_pos);
 	
 	// 2. draw text
 	if (text.empty() || !sym.text_font) return;
+	// only use the bitmap rectangle
+	sym_rect = RealRect(bmp_pos, bmp_size);
 	// subtract margins from size
 	sym_rect.x      += font_size * sym.text_margin_left;
 	sym_rect.y      += font_size * sym.text_margin_top;
diff --git a/src/data/symbol_font.hpp b/src/data/symbol_font.hpp
index 4a464c4a..ec9b56e4 100644
--- a/src/data/symbol_font.hpp
+++ b/src/data/symbol_font.hpp
@@ -101,10 +101,10 @@ class SymbolFont : public Packaged {
 	/// Draws a single symbol inside the given rectangle
 	void drawSymbol  (RotatedDC& dc, RealRect sym_rect, double font_size, const Alignment& align, SymbolInFont& sym, const String& text);
 	
-	/// Size of a single symbol
+	/// Size of a single symbol, including spacing
 	RealSize symbolSize       (double font_size, const DrawableSymbol& sym);
   public:
-	/// The default size of symbols
+	/// The default size of symbols, including spacing
 	RealSize defaultSymbolSize(double font_size);
 	
 	DECLARE_REFLECTION();