diff --git a/pdf2htmlEX.1.in b/pdf2htmlEX.1.in
index b0da584..9775233 100644
--- a/pdf2htmlEX.1.in
+++ b/pdf2htmlEX.1.in
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ Turn it on if space characters are not displayed correctly, or you want to remov
 .B --stretch-narrow-glyph <0|1> (Default: 0)
 If set to 1, glyphs narrower than described in PDF will be strecth; otherwise space will be padded to the right of the glyphs
 .TP
-.B --squeeze_wide_glyph <0|1> (Default: 0)
+.B --squeeze_wide_glyph <0|1> (Default: 1)
 If set to 1, glyphs wider than described in PDF will be squeezed; otherwise it will be truncated.
 .TP
 .B --remove-unused-glyph <0|1> (Default: 1)
diff --git a/src/pdf2htmlEX.cc b/src/pdf2htmlEX.cc
index f0588a9..f56b778 100644
--- a/src/pdf2htmlEX.cc
+++ b/src/pdf2htmlEX.cc
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ void parse_options (int argc, char **argv)
         .add("tounicode", &param.tounicode, 0, "Specify how to deal with ToUnicode map, 0 for auto, 1 for forced, -1 for disabled")
         .add("space-as-offset", &param.space_as_offset, 0, "treat space characters as offsets")
         .add("stretch-narrow-glyph", &param.stretch_narrow_glyph, 0, "stretch narrow glyphs instead of padding space")
-        .add("squeeze-wide-glyph", &param.squeeze_wide_glyph, 0, "squeeze wide glyphs instead of truncating")
+        .add("squeeze-wide-glyph", &param.squeeze_wide_glyph, 1, "squeeze wide glyphs instead of truncating")
         .add("remove-unused-glyph", &param.remove_unused_glyph, 1, "remove unused glyphs in embedded fonts")
 
         .add("font-suffix", &param.font_suffix, ".ttf", "suffix for extracted font files")