diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/txf/TXFFont.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/txf/TXFFont.cpp
index 9726a80ea..c1860b552 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/txf/TXFFont.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/txf/TXFFont.cpp
@@ -256,6 +256,10 @@ TXFFont::loadFont(std::istream& stream)
 
         float texToVertX = float(glyphs[i].width)/width;
         float texToVertY = float(glyphs[i].height)/height;
+
+        glyph->setWidth(width);
+        glyph->setHeight(height);
+        
         glyph->setHorizontalAdvance(glyphs[i].advance + 0.1f*maxheight);
         glyph->setHorizontalBearing(osg::Vec2((glyphs[i].x_off - 0.5f)*texToVertX,
                                               (glyphs[i].y_off - 0.5f)*texToVertY));
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/txf/TXFFont.h b/src/osgPlugins/txf/TXFFont.h
index 2286f341b..bd5544a61 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/txf/TXFFont.h
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/txf/TXFFont.h
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ public:
 
     virtual osg::Vec2 getKerning(unsigned int leftcharcode,unsigned int rightcharcode, osgText::KerningType kerningType);
 
-    virtual float getScale() const { return 1.0; }
-
     bool loadFont(std::istream& stream);
 
 protected: