diff --git a/app/src/main/java/net/studymongolian/fontmetrics/FontMetricsView.java b/app/src/main/java/net/studymongolian/fontmetrics/FontMetricsView.java
index e09c732..d9c07fa 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/net/studymongolian/fontmetrics/FontMetricsView.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/net/studymongolian/fontmetrics/FontMetricsView.java
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas) {
             mTextPaint.getTextBounds(mText, 0, mText.length(), mBounds);
 
             // draw vertical line just before the left bounds
-            startX = getPaddingLeft() + mBounds.left - (width - mBounds.width()) / 2;
+            startX = getPaddingLeft();
             stopX = startX;
             startY = -verticalAdjustment;
             stopY = startY + this.getHeight();