diff --git a/src/osgText/Text.cpp b/src/osgText/Text.cpp
index e1bee2915..8ee03a518 100644
--- a/src/osgText/Text.cpp
+++ b/src/osgText/Text.cpp
@@ -499,7 +499,8 @@ void Text::computeGlyphRepresentation()
                                 
         if (itr!=_text.end())
         {
-            // skip over return.
+            // skip over spaces and return.
+            while (*itr==' ') ++itr;
             if (*itr=='\n') ++itr;
         }