diff --git a/src/servo/text/font.rs b/src/servo/text/font.rs
index da75d040348..f0671e55758 100644
--- a/src/servo/text/font.rs
+++ b/src/servo/text/font.rs
@@ -55,12 +55,11 @@ pub impl Font : FontMethods {
         // TODO: alter advance direction for RTL
         // TODO(Issue #98): using inter-char and inter-word spacing settings  when measuring text
         let mut advance = au(0);
-        let mut bounds = Rect(Point2D(au(0), -self.metrics.ascent),
-                          Size2D(au(0), self.metrics.ascent + self.metrics.descent));
         do run.glyphs.iter_glyphs_for_range(offset, length) |_i, glyph| {
             advance += glyph.advance();
-            bounds = bounds.translate(&Point2D(glyph.advance(), au(0)));
         }
+        let mut bounds = Rect(Point2D(au(0), -self.metrics.ascent),
+                          Size2D(advance, self.metrics.ascent + self.metrics.descent));
 
         // TODO(Issue #125): support loose and tight bounding boxes; using the
         // ascent+descent and advance is sometimes too generous and