diff --git a/bin/pdf2htmlEX b/bin/pdf2htmlEX
index 96ba05e..eec482c 100755
--- a/bin/pdf2htmlEX
+++ b/bin/pdf2htmlEX
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ echo -n "Converting fonts: "
 
 for f in *.ttf; do
     if [ -f $f ]; then
-        cp $f $f.old
         fontforge -script "${SCRIPT_DIR}/convert.pe" $f 2>/dev/null
         echo -n "."
     fi
@@ -20,7 +19,6 @@ done
 
 for f in *.pfa; do
     if [ -f $f ]; then
-        cp $f $f.old
         fontforge -script "${SCRIPT_DIR}/convert.pe" $f 2>/dev/null
         rm $f
         echo -n "."
diff --git a/src/BackgroundRenderer.cc b/src/BackgroundRenderer.cc
index 2913947..1044a63 100644
--- a/src/BackgroundRenderer.cc
+++ b/src/BackgroundRenderer.cc
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ void BackgroundRenderer::drawChar(GfxState *state, double x, double y,
   CharCode code, int nBytes, Unicode *u, int uLen)
 {
     auto font = state->getFont();
-    if((font->getType() == fontType3) || (font->getWMode()))
+    if((font->getType() == fontType3) || (font->getWMode()) || (uLen == 0))
     {
         SplashOutputDev::drawChar(state, x, y, dx, dy, originX, originY, code, nBytes, u, uLen);
     }
diff --git a/src/HTMLRenderer.cc b/src/HTMLRenderer.cc
index 76047a5..80f4a60 100644
--- a/src/HTMLRenderer.cc
+++ b/src/HTMLRenderer.cc
@@ -206,6 +206,9 @@ void HTMLRenderer::drawString(GfxState * state, GooString * s)
     // if the line is still open, try to merge with it
     if(line_opened)
     {
+        //debug
+        html_fout << "<span data-x=\"" << cur_tx << "\"></span>";
+            
         double target = -cur_line_x_offset * draw_scale;
         if(target > -param->h_eps)
         {
@@ -213,17 +216,17 @@ void HTMLRenderer::drawString(GfxState * state, GooString * s)
             {
                 double w;
                 auto wid = install_whitespace(target, w);
-                cur_tx += w / draw_scale;
                 cur_line_x_offset = (w - target) / draw_scale;
                 html_fout << boost::format("<span class=\"w w%|1$x|\"> </span>") % wid;
             }
         }
         else
         {
+            //debug
+            html_fout << "<span data-w=\"" << target << "\"></span>";
+            
             // can we shift left using simple tags?
             close_cur_line();
-            cur_tx = state->getLineX();
-            cur_line_x_offset = 0;
         }
     }
 
@@ -270,6 +273,8 @@ void HTMLRenderer::drawString(GfxState * state, GooString * s)
         html_fout << "\">";
 
         line_opened = true;
+
+        cur_line_x_offset = 0;
     }
 
 
@@ -691,7 +696,7 @@ void HTMLRenderer::export_remote_font(long long fn_id, const string & suffix, Gf
 // TODO: this function is called when some font is unable to process, may use the name there as a hint
 void HTMLRenderer::export_remote_default_font(long long fn_id)
 {
-    allcss_fout << boost::format(".f%|1$x|{font-family:sans-serif;color:transparent;}")%fn_id;
+    allcss_fout << boost::format(".f%|1$x|{font-family:sans-serif;color:transparent;visibility:hidden;}")%fn_id;
     if(param->readable) allcss_fout << endl;
 }
 
@@ -802,7 +807,8 @@ void HTMLRenderer::check_state_change(GfxState * state)
         else
         {
             // LineY remains unchanged
-            cur_line_x_offset += cur_tx - tx;
+            cur_line_x_offset = cur_tx - tx;
+            cur_tx = tx;
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/HTMLRenderer.h b/src/HTMLRenderer.h
index 637e77d..a154979 100644
--- a/src/HTMLRenderer.h
+++ b/src/HTMLRenderer.h
@@ -97,7 +97,11 @@ class HTMLRenderer : public OutputDev
         virtual void updateTextMat(GfxState * state) { text_mat_changed = true; }
         virtual void updateCTM(GfxState * state, double m11, double m12, double m21, double m22, double m31, double m32) { ctm_changed = true; }
         virtual void updateTextPos(GfxState * state) { line_pos_changed = true; }
-        virtual void updateTextShift(GfxState * state, double shift) { cur_line_x_offset += shift * 0.001 * state->getFontSize() * state->getHorizScaling(); }
+        virtual void updateTextShift(GfxState * state, double shift) { 
+            double off = shift * 0.001 * state->getFontSize() * state->getHorizScaling(); 
+            cur_line_x_offset += off;
+            cur_tx -= off;
+        }
         virtual void updateFillColor(GfxState * state) { color_changed = true; }
 
         //----- text drawing