diff --git a/src/HTMLRenderer/text.cc b/src/HTMLRenderer/text.cc
index c14ba2d..0cfe1af 100644
--- a/src/HTMLRenderer/text.cc
+++ b/src/HTMLRenderer/text.cc
@@ -172,8 +172,9 @@ void HTMLRenderer::drawString(GfxState * state, GooString * s)
         }
         else
         {
-            // or can we shift left using simple tags?
-            close_cur_line();
+            // shift left
+            // TODO, create a class for this
+            html_fout << format("<span style=\"margin-left:%1%px\"></span>") % target;
         }
     }