diff --git a/src/insets/ChangeLog b/src/insets/ChangeLog
index 264b1d5acb..940ab34dd4 100644
--- a/src/insets/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/insets/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-12-10  Jean-Marc Lasgouttes  <lasgouttes@freesurf.fr>
+
+	* insettext.C (draw): re-introduce the calls to width() ascent()
+	and descent() to initialize the caching variables.
+
 2001-12-09  Jean-Marc Lasgouttes  <lasgouttes@freesurf.fr>
 
 	* insettext.C (draw): 
diff --git a/src/insets/insettext.C b/src/insets/insettext.C
index f24cd8df44..aff7ff54ea 100644
--- a/src/insets/insettext.C
+++ b/src/insets/insettext.C
@@ -413,8 +413,14 @@ void InsetText::draw(BufferView * bv, LyXFont const & f,
 		return;
 	}
 
+	// call these methods so that insetWidth, insetAscent and
+	// insetDescent have the right values. 
+	width(bv, f);
+	ascent(bv, f);
+	descent(bv, f);
+
 	top_baseline = baseline;
-	top_y = baseline - ascent(bv, f);
+	top_y = baseline - insetAscent;
 
 	if (last_drawn_width != insetWidth) {
 		if (!cleared)