diff --git a/src/vtedraw.cc b/src/vtedraw.cc
index 37d324cd..178f844e 100644
--- a/src/vtedraw.cc
+++ b/src/vtedraw.cc
@@ -32,14 +32,15 @@
 
 #include <pango/pangocairo.h>
 
+/* Have a space between letters to make sure ligatures aren't used when caching the glyphs: bug 793391. */
 #define VTE_DRAW_SINGLE_WIDE_CHARACTERS	\
-					" !\"#$%&'()*+,-./" \
-					"0123456789" \
-					":;<=>?@" \
-					"ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ" \
-					"[\\]^_`" \
-					"abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz" \
-					"{|}~" \
+					"  ! \" # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . / " \
+					"0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 " \
+					": ; < = > ? @ " \
+					"A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z " \
+					"[ \\ ] ^ _ ` " \
+					"a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z " \
+					"{ | } ~ " \
 					""
 
 static inline bool
