diff --git a/FontTestGDX/src/FontTestGDX.kt b/FontTestGDX/src/FontTestGDX.kt
index 16b7e73..6659dfa 100755
--- a/FontTestGDX/src/FontTestGDX.kt
+++ b/FontTestGDX/src/FontTestGDX.kt
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ class FlippingSpriteBatch(size: Int = 1000) : SpriteBatch(size) {
 }
 
 lateinit var appConfig: Lwjgl3ApplicationConfiguration
-const val TEXW = 800
+const val TEXW = 480 + 48
 const val TEXH = 24 * 170
 
 const val WIDTH = TEXW
diff --git a/src/net/torvald/terrarumsansbitmap/MovableType.kt b/src/net/torvald/terrarumsansbitmap/MovableType.kt
index 9f1611e..cf6afe0 100644
--- a/src/net/torvald/terrarumsansbitmap/MovableType.kt
+++ b/src/net/torvald/terrarumsansbitmap/MovableType.kt
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ class MovableType(
                                     }
                                 }
 
-                                moveSlugsToFitTheWidth(operation, slug, selectedWidthDelta)
+                                moveSlugsToFitTheWidth(operation, slug, selectedWidthDelta.absoluteValue)
 
                                 // put the trailing word back into the upcoming words
                                 if (selectedStrat == "Widen") {
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ class MovableType(
                                 // insert hyphHead into the slug
                                 addToSlug(hyphHead)
 
-                                moveSlugsToFitTheWidth(operation, slug, selectedWidthDelta)
+                                moveSlugsToFitTheWidth(operation, slug, selectedWidthDelta.absoluteValue)
 
                                 // put the tail into the upcoming words
                                 addHyphenatedTail(hyphTail)
@@ -312,7 +312,6 @@ class MovableType(
         private val commas = listOf(0x2C, 0x3B, 0x3001, 0xff0c).toSortedSet()
         private val hangable = listOf(0x2E, 0x2C, 0x3A, 0x3B).toSortedSet()
         private val hangableFW = listOf(0x3001, 0x3002, 0xff0c, 0xff0e).toSortedSet()
-        private const val spaceWidth = 5
         private const val hangWidth = 6
         private const val hangWidthFW = 16