diff --git a/src/frontends/qt2/ChangeLog b/src/frontends/qt2/ChangeLog
index 6f1fe14caf..379bc78215 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt2/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/frontends/qt2/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-09-14  John Levon  <levon@movementarian.org>
+
+	* qfont_metrics.C: fix rbearing()
+ 
 2002-09-14  John Levon  <levon@movementarian.org>
 
 	* QLPainter.C: fix arc
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt2/qfont_metrics.C b/src/frontends/qt2/qfont_metrics.C
index 5f3963c386..ae8fc18a18 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt2/qfont_metrics.C
+++ b/src/frontends/qt2/qfont_metrics.C
@@ -59,13 +59,17 @@ int descent(char c, LyXFont const & f)
 
 int lbearing(char c, LyXFont const & f)
 {
+	lyxerr << "lb of " << c << " is " << metrics(f).leftBearing(c) << endl; 
 	return metrics(f).leftBearing(c);
 }
 
 
 int rbearing(char c, LyXFont const & f)
 {
-	return metrics(f).rightBearing(c);
+	QFontMetrics const & m(metrics(f));
+ 
+	// Qt rbearing is from the right edge of the char's width(). 
+	return (m.width(c) - m.rightBearing(c));
 }