diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index fba441a..e891d9a 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+about glyph width:
+ - IE
+ - parameter for transform/trunc when width is too wide/narrow
+ - stretching ratio might not be correct..
+
+better wrapper of ff
+ - need C++ class
+
 try harder finding glyph names (using fontforge) for CID Type 0
 rename single-html -> embed-font/image/css ...
 create a glyph for ' ', if there is not in a font
diff --git a/src/HTMLRenderer/install.cc b/src/HTMLRenderer/install.cc
index 0555b7a..e2bd654 100644
--- a/src/HTMLRenderer/install.cc
+++ b/src/HTMLRenderer/install.cc
@@ -110,24 +110,15 @@ void HTMLRenderer::install_base_font(GfxFont * font, GfxFontLoc * font_loc, Font
     string psname(font_loc->path->getCString());
     string basename = psname.substr(0, psname.find('-'));
 
-    GfxFontLoc * localfontloc = font->locateFont(xref, gTrue);
+    GfxFontLoc * localfontloc = font->locateFont(xref, gFalse);
     if(param->embed_base_font)
     {
         if(localfontloc != nullptr)
         {
-            GooString * path = globalParams->findBase14FontFile(localfontloc->path, font);
-            if(path)
-            {
-                embed_font(string(path->getCString()), font, info);
-                export_remote_font(info, param->font_suffix, param->font_format, font);
-                delete localfontloc;
-                delete path;
-                return;
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                cerr << "Cannot embed base font: f" << hex << info.id << dec << ' ' << psname << endl;
-            }
+            embed_font(localfontloc->path->getCString(), font, info);
+            export_remote_font(info, param->font_suffix, param->font_format, font);
+            delete localfontloc;
+            return;
         }
         else
         {
diff --git a/src/HTMLRenderer/text.cc b/src/HTMLRenderer/text.cc
index 1a4b44f..9743fd0 100644
--- a/src/HTMLRenderer/text.cc
+++ b/src/HTMLRenderer/text.cc
@@ -189,14 +189,17 @@ void HTMLRenderer::embed_font(const string & filepath, GfxFont * font, FontInfo
     info.em_size = ffw_get_em_size();
 
     if(get_metric_only)
+    {
+        ffw_metric(&info.ascent, &info.descent);
+        ffw_close();
         return;
+    }
 
     used_map = preprocessor.get_code_map(hash_ref(font->getID()));
 
     /*
      * Step 1
-     * dump the font file directly from the font descriptor and put the glyphs into the correct slots
-     *
+     * dump the font file directly from the font descriptor and put the glyphs into the correct slots *
      * for 8bit + nonTrueType
      * re-encoding the font using a PostScript encoding list (glyph id <-> glpyh name)
      *
@@ -395,8 +398,8 @@ void HTMLRenderer::embed_font(const string & filepath, GfxFont * font, FontInfo
             }
         }
 
-        ffw_reencode_raw(cur_mapping, max_key + 1, 1);
         ffw_set_widths(width_list, max_key + 1);
+        ffw_reencode_raw(cur_mapping, max_key + 1, 1);
 
         if(ctu)
             ctu->decRefCnt();
@@ -458,6 +461,7 @@ void HTMLRenderer::embed_font(const string & filepath, GfxFont * font, FontInfo
     ffw_load_font(cur_tmp_fn.c_str());
     ffw_metric(&info.ascent, &info.descent);
     ffw_save(fn.c_str());
+
     ffw_close();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/ffw.c b/src/ffw.c
index e52e29e..99deb30 100644
--- a/src/ffw.c
+++ b/src/ffw.c
@@ -268,8 +268,10 @@ void ffw_metric(double * ascent, double * descent)
     if(a < 0) a = 0;
     if(d > 0) d = 0;
 
+    /*
     sf->ascent = min(a, em);
     sf->descent = em - bb.maxy;
+    */
 
     info->os2_winascent = a;
     info->os2_typoascent = a;
@@ -294,6 +296,15 @@ void ffw_metric(double * ascent, double * descent)
  */
 void ffw_set_widths(int * width_list, int mapping_len)
 {
+    memset(cur_fv->selected, 1, cur_fv->map->enccount);
+    // remove kern
+    FVRemoveKerns(cur_fv);
+    FVRemoveVKerns(cur_fv);
+    // remove bearing
+    // TODO: optimize this, merge the transform matrix with width setting  (below)
+    //FVSetWidthScript(cur_fv, wt_lbearing, 0, 0);
+    //FVSetWidthScript(cur_fv, wt_rbearing, 0, 0);
+
     SplineFont * sf = cur_fv->sf;
 
     if(sf->onlybitmaps 
@@ -319,6 +330,20 @@ void ffw_set_widths(int * width_list, int mapping_len)
         SplineChar * sc = sf->glyphs[j];
         if(sc == NULL) continue;
 
+        DBounds bb;
+        SplineCharFindBounds(sc, &bb);
+
+        // TODO: add an option
+        double glyph_width = bb.maxx - bb.minx;
+        if(glyph_width > width_list[i])
+        {
+            real transform[6];
+            transform[0] = ((double)width_list[i]) / glyph_width;
+            transform[3] = 1.0;
+            transform[1] = transform[2] = transform[4] = transform[5] = 0;
+            FVTrans(cur_fv, sc, transform, NULL, fvt_alllayers | fvt_dontmovewidth);
+        }
+
         sc->width = width_list[i];
     }
 }