diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4bc578e65..d9288813f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2005-09-01  Keith Packard  <keithp@keithp.com>
+
+	reviewed by: otaylor deserves credit for noticing a problem
+
+	* src/cairo-ft-font.c: (_cairo_ft_scaled_font_create):
+	Oops. Call _cairo_scaled_font_set_metrics to set user-space
+	metrics for scaled fonts.
+
 2005-09-01  Bertram Felgenhauer  <int-e@gmx.de>
 
 	* src/cairo-scaled-font.c (_cairo_scaled_font_text_to_glyphs):
diff --git a/src/cairo-ft-font.c b/src/cairo-ft-font.c
index fb883eec9..a150881f0 100644
--- a/src/cairo-ft-font.c
+++ b/src/cairo-ft-font.c
@@ -1398,6 +1398,7 @@ _cairo_ft_scaled_font_create (cairo_ft_unscaled_font_t	 *unscaled,
     cairo_ft_scaled_font_t *scaled_font = NULL;
     FT_Face face;
     FT_Size_Metrics *metrics;
+    cairo_font_extents_t fs_metrics;
 
     face = _cairo_ft_unscaled_font_lock_face (unscaled);
     if (!face)
@@ -1444,24 +1445,25 @@ _cairo_ft_scaled_font_create (cairo_ft_unscaled_font_t	 *unscaled,
 	else
 	    y_factor = 1 / unscaled->y_scale;
 
-	scaled_font->base.extents.ascent =        DOUBLE_FROM_26_6(metrics->ascender) * y_factor;
-	scaled_font->base.extents.descent =       DOUBLE_FROM_26_6(- metrics->descender) * y_factor;
-	scaled_font->base.extents.height =        DOUBLE_FROM_26_6(metrics->height) * y_factor;
-	scaled_font->base.extents.max_x_advance = DOUBLE_FROM_26_6(metrics->max_advance) * x_factor;
+	fs_metrics.ascent =        DOUBLE_FROM_26_6(metrics->ascender) * y_factor;
+	fs_metrics.descent =       DOUBLE_FROM_26_6(- metrics->descender) * y_factor;
+	fs_metrics.height =        DOUBLE_FROM_26_6(metrics->height) * y_factor;
+	fs_metrics.max_x_advance = DOUBLE_FROM_26_6(metrics->max_advance) * x_factor;
     } else {
 	double scale = face->units_per_EM;
 
-	scaled_font->base.extents.ascent =        face->ascender / scale;
-	scaled_font->base.extents.descent =       - face->descender / scale;
-	scaled_font->base.extents.height =        face->height / scale;
-	scaled_font->base.extents.max_x_advance = face->max_advance_width / scale;
+	fs_metrics.ascent =        face->ascender / scale;
+	fs_metrics.descent =       - face->descender / scale;
+	fs_metrics.height =        face->height / scale;
+	fs_metrics.max_x_advance = face->max_advance_width / scale;
     }
 
     
     /* FIXME: this doesn't do vertical layout atm. */
-    scaled_font->base.extents.max_y_advance = 0.0;
-
+    fs_metrics.max_y_advance = 0.0;
     
+    _cairo_scaled_font_set_metrics (&scaled_font->base, &fs_metrics);
+
     return &scaled_font->base;
 }