diff --git a/docs/changelog.md b/docs/changelog.md
index b43938c19..ba4770cc0 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/changelog.md
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ As features stabilize some brief notes about them will accumulate here.
 #### Fixed
 
 * macOS: crash on startup if `$SHELL` points to something that isn't executable. [#2378](https://github.com/wez/wezterm/issues/2378)
+* tab titles truncated too short [#2379](https://github.com/wez/wezterm/issues/2379)
 
 ### 20220807-113146-c2fee766
 
diff --git a/wezterm-gui/src/termwindow/box_model.rs b/wezterm-gui/src/termwindow/box_model.rs
index 5f69dbe24..9ddbf328f 100644
--- a/wezterm-gui/src/termwindow/box_model.rs
+++ b/wezterm-gui/src/termwindow/box_model.rs
@@ -861,14 +861,14 @@ impl super::TermWindow {
                                     - (glyph.y_offset + glyph.bearing_y).get() as f32
                                     + element.baseline;
 
-                                let pos_x = pos_x + (glyph.x_offset + glyph.bearing_x).get() as f32;
-                                let width = texture.coords.size.width as f32 * glyph.scale as f32;
-                                let height = texture.coords.size.height as f32 * glyph.scale as f32;
                                 if pos_x + glyph.x_advance.get() as f32
                                     > element.content_rect.max_x()
                                 {
                                     break;
                                 }
+                                let pos_x = pos_x + (glyph.x_offset + glyph.bearing_x).get() as f32;
+                                let width = texture.coords.size.width as f32 * glyph.scale as f32;
+                                let height = texture.coords.size.height as f32 * glyph.scale as f32;
 
                                 let mut quad = layers[1].allocate()?;
                                 quad.set_position(