diff --git a/src/HTMLRenderer/state.cc b/src/HTMLRenderer/state.cc
index 623bee5..54fe7db 100644
--- a/src/HTMLRenderer/state.cc
+++ b/src/HTMLRenderer/state.cc
@@ -364,6 +364,10 @@ void HTMLRenderer::prepare_line(GfxState * state)
                 % x;
 
             html_fout << format("t%|1$x| f%|2$x| s%|3$x| ") % cur_tm_id % cur_fn_id % cur_fs_id;
+
+            //resync position
+            draw_ty = cur_ty + cur_rise;
+            draw_tx = cur_tx;
         }
         else
         {
diff --git a/src/HTMLRenderer/text.cc b/src/HTMLRenderer/text.cc
index 8f69280..34283a9 100644
--- a/src/HTMLRenderer/text.cc
+++ b/src/HTMLRenderer/text.cc
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ void HTMLRenderer::drawString(GfxState * state, GooString * s)
 
     double dx = 0;
     double dy = 0;
+    double dxerr = 0;
     double dx1,dy1;
     double ox, oy;
 
@@ -177,6 +178,11 @@ void HTMLRenderer::drawString(GfxState * state, GooString * s)
     CharCode code;
     Unicode *u = nullptr;
 
+    double fs = state->getFontSize();
+    double cs = state->getCharSpace();
+    double ws = state->getWordSpace();
+    double hs = state->getHorizScaling();
+
     while (len > 0) {
         auto n = font->getNextChar(p, len, &code, &u, &uLen, &dx1, &dy1, &ox, &oy);
 
@@ -193,24 +199,24 @@ void HTMLRenderer::drawString(GfxState * state, GooString * s)
         if((uLen > 0) && (all_of(u, u+uLen, isLegalUnicode)))
         {
             outputUnicodes(html_fout, u, uLen);
-            dx += dx1;
-            dy += dy1;
         }
         else
         {
             // should not consider hozi scaling here
             // will be handled by draw_ctm
-            double target = dx1 + state->getCharSpace();
+            double target = dx1 * fs + state->getCharSpace();
             if(n == 1 && *p == ' ')
                 target += state->getWordSpace();
             
             double w;
             auto wid = install_whitespace(target * draw_scale, w);
             html_fout << format("<span class=\"_ _%|1$x|\">%2%</span>") % wid % (target > 0 ? " " : "");
-            dx += target;
-            dy += dy1;
+            
+            dxerr += w/draw_scale - target;
         }
 
+        dx += dx1;
+        dy += dy1;
 
         ++nChars;
         p += n;
@@ -219,15 +225,13 @@ void HTMLRenderer::drawString(GfxState * state, GooString * s)
 
     // horiz_scaling is merged into ctm now, 
     // so the coordinate system is ugly
-    dx = (dx * state->getFontSize() 
-            + nChars * state->getCharSpace() 
-            + nSpaces * state->getWordSpace()) * state->getHorizScaling();
+    dx = (dx * fs + nChars * cs + nSpaces * ws) * hs;
     
-    dy *= state->getFontSize();
+    dy *= fs;
 
     cur_tx += dx;
     cur_ty += dy;
         
-    draw_tx += dx;
+    draw_tx += dx + dxerr * state->getFontSize() * state->getHorizScaling();
     draw_ty += dy;
 }