diff --git a/src/v_video.cpp b/src/v_video.cpp
index d25778061..ae65de142 100644
--- a/src/v_video.cpp
+++ b/src/v_video.cpp
@@ -2286,7 +2286,7 @@ void V_DrawStringScaled(
 			break;
 		case LSHI_FONT:
 		case LSLOW_FONT:
-			spacew = 16;
+			spacew = 10;
 			break;
 		case OPPRF_FONT:
 			spacew = 5;
@@ -2579,7 +2579,7 @@ fixed_t V_StringScaledWidth(
 			break;
 		case LSHI_FONT:
 		case LSLOW_FONT:
-			spacew = 16;
+			spacew = 10;
 			break;
 		case OPPRF_FONT:
 			spacew = 5;