diff --git a/MOULOpenSourceClientPlugin/Plasma20/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plGImage/plFont.cpp b/MOULOpenSourceClientPlugin/Plasma20/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plGImage/plFont.cpp
index c40fc35f..c651409a 100644
--- a/MOULOpenSourceClientPlugin/Plasma20/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plGImage/plFont.cpp
+++ b/MOULOpenSourceClientPlugin/Plasma20/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plGImage/plFont.cpp
@@ -679,16 +679,14 @@ void	plFont::IRenderString( plMipmap *mip, UInt16 x, UInt16 y, const wchar_t *st
 			fRenderInfo.fRenderFunc = oldFunc;
 		}
 
-		// Adjust for left kern
-		if( ( fRenderInfo.fFlags & kRenderJustXMask ) == kRenderJustXForceLeft )
-		{
-			// See note at top of file
-			plCharacter &ch = fCharacters[ (UInt16)string[ 0 ] - fFirstChar ];
-			fRenderInfo.fX -= (Int16)ch.fLeftKern;
-			fRenderInfo.fMaxWidth += (Int16)ch.fLeftKern;
-			fRenderInfo.fDestPtr -= (Int16)ch.fLeftKern * fRenderInfo.fDestBPP;
-			fRenderInfo.fFarthestX = fRenderInfo.fX;
-		}
+		// There used to be an adjustment of the X coordinate by -ch.fLeftKern for the case
+		// of kRenderJustXForceLeft here, but it was buggy in that it neglected to adjust
+		// fRenderInfo.fDestPtr and therefore had no visible effect (or almost none - only
+		// at the end of the line). Fixing the bug however (making kRenderJustXForceLeft
+		// work as intended) causes the text shadow to be cut off in some places. To ensure
+		// enough space for the shadow, and considering that all content was developed and
+		// visually optimized with the bug in place, it seems better to preserve the buggy
+		// behavior and make kRenderJustXForceLeft work exactly like kRenderJustXLeft.
 
 		fRenderInfo.fVolatileStringPtr = string;	// Just so we can keep track of when we clip
 		IRenderLoop( string, -1 );