From 2dae4ab4f35458f3caa4f85f8c0e64e5fe9065d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stephan Witt <switt@lyx.org>
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2020 17:07:04 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Improved character count statistics for letter based insets
 (e.g. the LyX logo).

---
 src/Buffer.cpp | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Buffer.cpp b/src/Buffer.cpp
index dff7faec2f..97a6cfbd31 100644
--- a/src/Buffer.cpp
+++ b/src/Buffer.cpp
@@ -5362,8 +5362,11 @@ void Buffer::Impl::updateStatistics(DocIterator & from, DocIterator & to, bool s
 					++word_count_;
 					inword = true;
 				}
-				if (ins && ins->isLetter())
-					++char_count_;
+				if (ins && ins->isLetter()) {
+					odocstringstream os;
+					ins->toString(os);
+					char_count_ += os.str().length();
+				}
 				else if (ins && ins->isSpace())
 					++blank_count_;
 				else {