diff --git a/goffice/graph/gog-renderer.c b/goffice/graph/gog-renderer.c
index ff18391..6503850 100644
--- a/goffice/graph/gog-renderer.c
+++ b/goffice/graph/gog-renderer.c
@@ -897,9 +897,9 @@ gog_renderer_draw_gostring (GogRenderer *rend, GOString *str,
 	pango_layout_set_font_description (layout, style->font.font->desc);
 	pango_layout_get_size (layout, &iw, &ih);
 
-	obr.w = rend->scale * ((double) iw + (double) PANGO_SCALE / 2.0)
+	obr.w = rend->scale * ((double) iw + (double) PANGO_SCALE)
 		/ (double) PANGO_SCALE;
-	obr.h = rend->scale * ((double) ih + (double) PANGO_SCALE / 2.0)
+	obr.h = rend->scale * ((double) ih + (double) PANGO_SCALE)
 		/(double) PANGO_SCALE;
 	obr.alpha = -style->text_layout.angle * M_PI / 180.0;
 	obr.x = pos->x;
@@ -1026,9 +1026,9 @@ gog_renderer_get_gostring_OBR (GogRenderer *rend, GOString *str,
 	pango_layout_get_extents (layout, NULL, &logical);
 	g_object_unref (layout);
 
-	obr->w = rend->scale * ((double) logical.width + (double) PANGO_SCALE / 2.0)
+	obr->w = rend->scale * ((double) logical.width + (double) PANGO_SCALE)
 		/ (double) PANGO_SCALE;
-	obr->h = rend->scale * ((double) logical.height + (double) PANGO_SCALE / 2.0)
+	obr->h = rend->scale * ((double) logical.height + (double) PANGO_SCALE)
 		/(double) PANGO_SCALE;
 
 	/* Make sure invisible things don't skew size */
