Index: hexchat-2.12.4/src/fe-gtk/xtext.c
===================================================================
--- hexchat-2.12.4.orig/src/fe-gtk/xtext.c
+++ hexchat-2.12.4/src/fe-gtk/xtext.c
@@ -177,7 +177,6 @@ gtk_xtext_text_width_8bit (GtkXText *xte
 #define EMPH_BOLD 2
 #define EMPH_HIDDEN 4
 static PangoAttrList *attr_lists[4];
-static int fontwidths[4][128];
 
 static PangoAttribute *
 xtext_pango_attr (PangoAttribute *attr)
@@ -221,17 +220,12 @@ xtext_pango_init (GtkXText *xtext)
 				xtext_pango_attr (pango_attr_weight_new (PANGO_WEIGHT_BOLD)));
 			break;
 		}
-
-		/* Now initialize fontwidths[i] */
-		pango_layout_set_attributes (xtext->layout, attr_lists[i]);
-		for (j = 0; j < 128; j++)
-		{
-			buf[0] = j;
-			pango_layout_set_text (xtext->layout, buf, 1);
-			pango_layout_get_pixel_size (xtext->layout, &fontwidths[i][j], NULL);
-		}
 	}
-	xtext->space_width = fontwidths[0][' '];
+
+	pango_layout_set_attributes (xtext->layout, attr_lists[0]);
+	buf[0] = ' ';
+	pango_layout_set_text (xtext->layout, buf, 1);
+	pango_layout_get_pixel_size (xtext->layout, &(xtext->space_width), NULL);
 }
 
 static void