diff --git a/plugins/context2d.js b/plugins/context2d.js
index 71bd66d33..e97122a9b 100644
--- a/plugins/context2d.js
+++ b/plugins/context2d.js
@@ -299,9 +299,11 @@
                 this.path = origPath;
             }
 
+            var scale;
             var scale;
             if (this.pdf.hotfix && this.pdf.hotfix.scale_text) {
-                scale = this._getTransform()[0];
+                // We only use X axis as scale hint 
+                scale = this._matrix_decompose(this._getTransform()).scale[0];
             }
             else {
                 scale = 1;
@@ -353,9 +355,11 @@
                 this.path = origPath;
             }
 
+            var scale;
             var scale;
             if (this.pdf.hotfix && this.pdf.hotfix.scale_text) {
-                scale = this._getTransform()[0];
+                // We only use the X axis as scale hint 
+                scale = this._matrix_decompose(this._getTransform()).scale[0];
             }
             else {
                 scale = 1;