diff --git a/font.c b/font.c
index 1e9463e..de1dc1e 100644
--- a/font.c
+++ b/font.c
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ glyph_for_wchar(const struct font *font, wchar_t wc, struct glyph *glyph)
         .wc = wc,
         .cols = wcwidth(wc),
         .pix = pix,
-        .x = font->face->glyph->bitmap_left / font->pixel_size_fixup,
+        .x = font->face->glyph->bitmap_left * font->pixel_size_fixup,
         .y = font->face->glyph->bitmap_top * font->pixel_size_fixup,
         .x_advance = font->face->glyph->advance.x / 64,
         .width = width,