diff --git a/src/marks/text.js b/src/marks/text.js
index c7feb36bfe..a243c5a1c1 100644
--- a/src/marks/text.js
+++ b/src/marks/text.js
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ export function defaultWidth(text, start = 0, end = text.length) {
 export function monospaceWidth(text, start = 0, end = text.length) {
   let sum = 0;
   for (let i = start; i < end; i = readCharacter(text, i)) {
-    sum += isPictographic(text, i) ? 200 : 100;
+    sum += isPictographic(text, i) ? 126 : 63;
   }
   return sum;
 }
diff --git a/test/output/textOverflow.svg b/test/output/textOverflow.svg
index 4f7549895e..c9e60ab2ce 100644
--- a/test/output/textOverflow.svg
+++ b/test/output/textOverflow.svg
@@ -327,44 +327,44 @@
   </g>
   <g aria-label="text" transform="translate(-3.5,0.5)">
     <g text-anchor="end" font-family="ui-monospace, monospace" transform="translate(507,0)">
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-      <text y="0.32em" transform="translate(271,63)">The Ballad o…<title>The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez</title></text>
-      <text y="0.32em" transform="translate(271,84)">My Big Fat I…<title>My Big Fat Independent Movie</title></text>
-      <text y="0.32em" transform="translate(271,105)">Battle for t…<title>Battle for the Planet of the Apes</title></text>
+      <text y="0.32em" transform="translate(271,42)">The Best Ye…<title>The Best Years of Our Lives</title></text>
+      <text y="0.32em" transform="translate(271,63)">The Ballad…<title>The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez</title></text>
+      <text y="0.32em" transform="translate(271,84)">My Big Fat…<title>My Big Fat Independent Movie</title></text>
+      <text y="0.32em" transform="translate(271,105)">Battle for…<title>Battle for the Planet of the Apes</title></text>
       <text y="0.32em" transform="translate(271,126)">Big Things</text>
       <text y="0.32em" transform="translate(271,147)">Bogus</text>
-      <text y="0.32em" transform="translate(271,168)">Beverly Hill…<title>Beverly Hills Cop</title></text>
-      <text y="0.32em" transform="translate(271,189)">Beverly Hill…<title>Beverly Hills Cop II</title></text>
-      <text y="0.32em" transform="translate(271,210)">Beverly Hill…<title>Beverly Hills Cop III</title></text>
-      <text y="0.32em" transform="translate(271,231)">The Black Ho…<title>The Black Hole</title></text>
-      <text y="0.32em" transform="translate(271,252)">The Big Para…<title>The Big Parade</title></text>
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-      <text transform="translate(271,294)"><tspan x="0" y="-0.18em">The Book of…</tspan><tspan x="0" dy="1em">Volume 1: Th…</tspan><title>The Book of Mormon Movie,
+      <text y="0.32em" transform="translate(271,168)">Beverly Hil…<title>Beverly Hills Cop</title></text>
+      <text y="0.32em" transform="translate(271,189)">Beverly Hil…<title>Beverly Hills Cop II</title></text>
+      <text y="0.32em" transform="translate(271,210)">Beverly Hil…<title>Beverly Hills Cop III</title></text>
+      <text y="0.32em" transform="translate(271,231)">The Black H…<title>The Black Hole</title></text>
+      <text y="0.32em" transform="translate(271,252)">The Big Par…<title>The Big Parade</title></text>
+      <text y="0.32em" transform="translate(271,273)">Boyz n the…<title>Boyz n the Hood</title></text>
+      <text transform="translate(271,294)"><tspan x="0" y="-0.18em">The Book of…</tspan><tspan x="0" dy="1em">Volume 1: T…</tspan><title>The Book of Mormon Movie,
           Volume 1: The Journey</title></text>
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-      <text y="0.32em" transform="translate(271,378)">The Blue But…<title>The Blue Butterfly</title></text>
+      <text y="0.32em" transform="translate(271,315)">Return to t…<title>Return to the Blue Lagoon</title></text>
+      <text y="0.32em" transform="translate(271,336)">Bright Ligh…<title>Bright Lights, Big City</title></text>
+      <text y="0.32em" transform="translate(271,357)">The Blue Bi…<title>The Blue Bird</title></text>
+      <text y="0.32em" transform="translate(271,378)">The Blue Bu…<title>The Blue Butterfly</title></text>
       <text y="0.32em" transform="translate(271,399)">Blade Runner</text>
       <text y="0.32em" transform="translate(271,420)">Bloodsport</text>
-      <text y="0.32em" transform="translate(271,441)">The Blues Br…<title>The Blues Brothers</title></text>
+      <text y="0.32em" transform="translate(271,441)">The Blues B…<title>The Blues Brothers</title></text>
       <text y="0.32em" transform="translate(271,462)">Blow Out</text>
-      <text y="0.32em" transform="translate(271,483)">De battre mo…<title>De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté</title></text>
-      <text y="0.32em" transform="translate(271,504)">The Broadway…<title>The Broadway Melody</title></text>
+      <text y="0.32em" transform="translate(271,483)">De battre m…<title>De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté</title></text>
+      <text y="0.32em" transform="translate(271,504)">The Broadwa…<title>The Broadway Melody</title></text>
       <text y="0.32em" transform="translate(271,525)">Boom Town</text>
-      <text y="0.32em" transform="translate(271,546)">Bill &amp; Ted's…<title>Bill &amp; Ted's Bogus Journey</title></text>
-      <text y="0.32em" transform="translate(271,567)">The Birth of…<title>The Birth of a Nation</title></text>
-      <text y="0.32em" transform="translate(271,588)">The Ballad o…<title>The Ballad of Cable Hogue</title></text>
-      <text y="0.32em" transform="translate(271,609)">The Blood of…<title>The Blood of Heroes</title></text>
-      <text y="0.32em" transform="translate(271,630)">The Blood of…<title>The Blood of My Brother: A Story of Death in Iraq</title></text>
+      <text y="0.32em" transform="translate(271,546)">Bill &amp; Ted'…<title>Bill &amp; Ted's Bogus Journey</title></text>
+      <text y="0.32em" transform="translate(271,567)">The Birth o…<title>The Birth of a Nation</title></text>
+      <text y="0.32em" transform="translate(271,588)">The Ballad…<title>The Ballad of Cable Hogue</title></text>
+      <text y="0.32em" transform="translate(271,609)">The Blood o…<title>The Blood of Heroes</title></text>
+      <text y="0.32em" transform="translate(271,630)">The Blood o…<title>The Blood of My Brother: A Story of Death in Iraq</title></text>
       <text y="0.32em" transform="translate(271,651)">Boomerang</text>
-      <text y="0.32em" transform="translate(271,672)">The Bridge o…<title>The Bridge on the River Kwai</title></text>
+      <text y="0.32em" transform="translate(271,672)">The Bridge…<title>The Bridge on the River Kwai</title></text>
       <text y="0.32em" transform="translate(271,693)">Born on the…<title>Born on the Fourth of July</title></text>
       <text y="0.32em" transform="translate(271,714)">Basquiat</text>
       <text y="0.32em" transform="translate(271,735)">Black Rain</text>
-      <text y="0.32em" transform="translate(271,756)">Bottle Rocket</text>
-      <text y="0.32em" transform="translate(271,777)">👁️‍🗨️👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩👁️‍🗨️👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩👁️‍🗨️👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩…<title>👁️‍🗨️👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩👁️‍🗨️👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩👁️‍🗨️👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩👁️‍🗨️👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩👁️‍🗨️👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩👁️‍🗨️👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩</title></text>
-      <text y="0.32em" transform="translate(271,798)">🧑🏾.👨🏻.👧🏼.👦🏽.…<title>🧑🏾.👨🏻.👧🏼.👦🏽.🧒🏿.🧑🏾.👨🏻.👧🏼.👦🏽.🧒🏿</title></text>
+      <text y="0.32em" transform="translate(271,756)">Bottle Rock…<title>Bottle Rocket</title></text>
+      <text y="0.32em" transform="translate(271,777)">👁️‍🗨️👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩👁️‍🗨️👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩👁️‍🗨️…<title>👁️‍🗨️👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩👁️‍🗨️👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩👁️‍🗨️👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩👁️‍🗨️👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩👁️‍🗨️👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩👁️‍🗨️👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩</title></text>
+      <text y="0.32em" transform="translate(271,798)">🧑🏾.👨🏻.👧🏼.👦🏽…<title>🧑🏾.👨🏻.👧🏼.👦🏽.🧒🏿.🧑🏾.👨🏻.👧🏼.👦🏽.🧒🏿</title></text>
     </g>
   </g>
   <g aria-label="frame" transform="translate(0.5,0.5)">
diff --git a/test/plots/text-overflow.ts b/test/plots/text-overflow.ts
index cfdea5a407..3c64e9c7b3 100644
--- a/test/plots/text-overflow.ts
+++ b/test/plots/text-overflow.ts
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ export async function textOverflow() {
         fx: () => "monospace",
         monospace: true,
         textOverflow: "ellipsis-end",
-        lineWidth: 13,
+        lineWidth: 8,
         dx: -4,
         frameAnchor: "right"
       }),
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ async function textOverflowPlot(textOverflow, {monospace = false} = {}) {
     color: {domain: opinions, scheme: "rdylbu"},
     marks: [
       Plot.axisX({monospace}),
-      Plot.axisY({lineWidth: monospace ? 9 : 6, textOverflow, monospace}),
+      Plot.axisY({lineWidth: 6, textOverflow, monospace}),
       Plot.axisY({
         anchor: "right",
         tickFormat: (name) => `${dates.get(name).getUTCFullYear()}`,