diff --git a/src/Fl_PostScript.cxx b/src/Fl_PostScript.cxx
index 7ffcf1a0f..5cb5fc3bf 100644
--- a/src/Fl_PostScript.cxx
+++ b/src/Fl_PostScript.cxx
@@ -272,8 +272,8 @@ static const char * prolog =
 // show at position with desired width
 // usage:
 // width (string) x y show_pos_width
-"/show_pos_width {GS moveto dup dup stringwidth pop exch length 2 div 1 sub dup 0 eq {pop 1} if "
-"exch 3 index exch sub exch "
+"/show_pos_width {GS moveto dup dup stringwidth pop exch length 2 div dup 2 le {pop 9999} if "
+"1 sub exch 3 index exch sub exch "
 "div 0 2 index 1 -1 scale ashow pop pop GR} bind def\n" // spacing altered to match desired width
 //"/show_pos_width {GS moveto dup stringwidth pop 3 2 roll exch div -1 matrix scale concat "
 //"show GR } bind def\n" // horizontally scaled text to match desired width
@@ -931,16 +931,17 @@ static const char *_fontNames[] = {
 };
 
 void Fl_PostScript_Graphics_Driver::font(int f, int s) {
-  Fl_Display_Device::display_device()->driver()->font(f,s); // Use display fonts for font measurement
+  Fl_Graphics_Driver *driver = Fl_Display_Device::display_device()->driver();
+  driver->font(f,s); // Use display fonts for font measurement
   Fl_Graphics_Driver::font(f, s);
+  Fl_Font_Descriptor *desc = driver->font_descriptor();
+  this->font_descriptor(desc);
   if (f < FL_FREE_FONT) {
     int ps_size = s;
     fprintf(output, "/%s SF\n" , _fontNames[f]);
 #if defined(USE_X11) && !USE_XFT
 // Non-Xft fonts can have a different size from that required.
 // Give to the PostScript font the same size as that used on the display 
-    Fl_Font_Descriptor *desc = Fl_Display_Device::display_device()->driver()->font_descriptor();
-    this->font_descriptor(desc);
     char *name = desc->font->font_name_list[0];
     char *p = strstr(name, "--");
     if (p) {
diff --git a/src/fl_font_x.cxx b/src/fl_font_x.cxx
index c56bff7dc..8b09af235 100644
--- a/src/fl_font_x.cxx
+++ b/src/fl_font_x.cxx
@@ -278,47 +278,36 @@ void Fl_Xlib_Graphics_Driver::font(Fl_Font fnum, Fl_Fontsize size) {
   }
 }
 
+#define current_font (fl_graphics_driver->font_descriptor()->font)
 int fl_height() {
-  Fl_Graphics_Driver *driver = Fl_Display_Device::display_device()->driver();
-  if (driver->font_descriptor()) {
-    XUtf8FontStruct *font = driver->font_descriptor()->font;
-    return (font->ascent + font->descent);
-    }
+  if (fl_graphics_driver->font_descriptor()) return current_font->ascent + current_font->descent;
   else return -1;
 }
 
 int fl_descent() {
-  Fl_Graphics_Driver *driver = Fl_Display_Device::display_device()->driver();
-  if (driver->font_descriptor()) {
-    return driver->font_descriptor()->font->descent;
-    }
+  if (fl_graphics_driver->font_descriptor()) return current_font->descent;
   else return -1;
 }
 
 double fl_width(const char* c, int n) {
-  Fl_Graphics_Driver *driver = Fl_Display_Device::display_device()->driver();
-  if (driver->font_descriptor()) 
-    return (double) XUtf8TextWidth(driver->font_descriptor()->font, c, n);
+  if (fl_graphics_driver->font_descriptor()) return (double) XUtf8TextWidth(current_font, c, n);
   else return -1;
 }
 
 double fl_width(unsigned int c) {
-  Fl_Graphics_Driver *driver = Fl_Display_Device::display_device()->driver();
-  if (driver->font_descriptor()) 
-    return (double) XUtf8UcsWidth(driver->font_descriptor()->font, c);
+  if (fl_graphics_driver->font_descriptor()) return (double) XUtf8UcsWidth(current_font, c);
   else return -1;
 }
 
 void fl_text_extents(const char *c, int n, int &dx, int &dy, int &W, int &H) {
-  Fl_Graphics_Driver *driver = Fl_Display_Device::display_device()->driver();
   if (font_gc != fl_gc) {
-    if (!driver->font_descriptor()) driver->font(FL_HELVETICA, FL_NORMAL_SIZE);
+    if (!fl_graphics_driver->font_descriptor()) fl_font(FL_HELVETICA, FL_NORMAL_SIZE);
     font_gc = fl_gc;
-    XSetFont(fl_display, fl_gc, driver->font_descriptor()->font->fid);
+    XSetFont(fl_display, fl_gc, current_font->fid);
   }
   int xx, yy, ww, hh;
   xx = yy = ww = hh = 0;
-  if (fl_gc) XUtf8_measure_extents(fl_display, fl_window, driver->font_descriptor()->font, fl_gc, &xx, &yy, &ww, &hh, c, n);
+  if (fl_gc) XUtf8_measure_extents(fl_display, fl_window, current_font, fl_gc, &xx, &yy, &ww, &hh, c, n);
 
   W = ww; H = hh; dx = xx; dy = yy;
 // This is the safe but mostly wrong thing we used to do...
@@ -326,7 +315,7 @@ void fl_text_extents(const char *c, int n, int &dx, int &dy, int &W, int &H) {
 //  fl_measure(c, W, H, 0);
 //  dx = 0;
 //  dy = fl_descent() - H;
-} // fl_text_extents
+}
 
 void Fl_Xlib_Graphics_Driver::draw(const char* c, int n, int x, int y) {
   if (font_gc != fl_gc) {
diff --git a/src/fl_font_xft.cxx b/src/fl_font_xft.cxx
index 2d233e713..552fd96c2 100644
--- a/src/fl_font_xft.cxx
+++ b/src/fl_font_xft.cxx
@@ -115,15 +115,15 @@ void *fl_xftfont = 0;
 //const char* fl_encoding_ = "iso8859-1";
 const char* fl_encoding_ = "iso10646-1";
 
-static void fl_font(Fl_Font fnum, Fl_Fontsize size, int angle) {
+static void fl_font(Fl_Xlib_Graphics_Driver *driver, Fl_Font fnum, Fl_Fontsize size, int angle) {
   if (fnum==-1) { // special case to stop font caching
-    fl_graphics_driver->Fl_Graphics_Driver::font(0, 0);
+    driver->Fl_Graphics_Driver::font(0, 0);
     return;
   }
-  Fl_Font_Descriptor* f = fl_graphics_driver->font_descriptor();
-  if (fnum == fl_graphics_driver->font() && size == fl_graphics_driver->size() && f && f->angle == angle)
+  Fl_Font_Descriptor* f = driver->font_descriptor();
+  if (fnum == driver->Fl_Graphics_Driver::font() && size == driver->size() && f && f->angle == angle)
     return;
-  fl_graphics_driver->Fl_Graphics_Driver::font(fnum, size);
+  driver->Fl_Graphics_Driver::font(fnum, size);
   Fl_Fontdesc *font = fl_fonts + fnum;
   // search the fontsizes we have generated already
   for (f = font->first; f; f = f->next) {
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ static void fl_font(Fl_Font fnum, Fl_Fontsize size, int angle) {
     f->next = font->first;
     font->first = f;
   }
-  fl_graphics_driver->font_descriptor(f);
+  driver->font_descriptor(f);
 #if XFT_MAJOR < 2
   fl_xfont    = f->font->u.core.font;
 #else
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ static void fl_font(Fl_Font fnum, Fl_Fontsize size, int angle) {
 }
 
 void Fl_Xlib_Graphics_Driver::font(Fl_Font fnum, Fl_Fontsize size) {
-  fl_font(fnum,size,0);
+  fl_font(this,fnum,size,0);
 }
 
 static XftFont* fontopen(const char* name, bool core, int angle) {
@@ -580,8 +580,8 @@ void fl_destroy_xft_draw(Window id) {
 }
 
 void Fl_Xlib_Graphics_Driver::draw(const char *str, int n, int x, int y) {
-  if ( !fl_graphics_driver->font_descriptor() ) {
-    fl_font(FL_HELVETICA, FL_NORMAL_SIZE);
+  if ( !this->font_descriptor() ) {
+    this->font(FL_HELVETICA, FL_NORMAL_SIZE);
   }
 #if USE_OVERLAY
   XftDraw*& draw_ = fl_overlay ? draw_overlay : ::draw_;
@@ -622,9 +622,9 @@ void Fl_Xlib_Graphics_Driver::draw(const char *str, int n, int x, int y) {
 }
 
 void Fl_Xlib_Graphics_Driver::draw(int angle, const char *str, int n, int x, int y) {
-  fl_font(fl_graphics_driver->font(), fl_graphics_driver->size(), angle);
-  fl_draw(str, n, (int)x, (int)y);
-  fl_font(fl_graphics_driver->font(), fl_graphics_driver->size());
+  fl_font(this, this->Fl_Graphics_Driver::font(), this->size(), angle);
+  this->draw(str, n, (int)x, (int)y);
+  this->font(this->Fl_Graphics_Driver::font(), this->size());
 }
 
 static void fl_drawUCS4(const FcChar32 *str, int n, int x, int y) {