diff --git a/pitfall/pitfall/font-embedded.rkt b/pitfall/pitfall/font-embedded.rkt
index 7c9cccde..4b0da853 100644
--- a/pitfall/pitfall/font-embedded.rkt
+++ b/pitfall/pitfall/font-embedded.rkt
@@ -52,8 +52,6 @@ https://github.com/mbutterick/pdfkit/blob/master/lib/font/embedded.coffee
   (efont
    name id ascender descender upm line-gap bbox #f #f efont-embedded efont-encode efont-measure-string
     font subset unicode widths scale encoding-cache))
-  
-
 
 (define (efont-measure-string ef str size [features null])
   ; #f disables features ; null enables default features ; list adds features
@@ -66,7 +64,6 @@ https://github.com/mbutterick/pdfkit/blob/master/lib/font/embedded.coffee
   (define width (for/sum ([p (in-vector posns)]) (glyph-position-x-advance p)))
   (* width scale))
 
-
 (define (efont-encode ef str [features-in null])
   (define features (sort (remove-duplicates features-in) bytes<? #:key car))
   (hash-ref! (efont-encoding-cache ef) (cons str features) 
@@ -85,7 +82,8 @@ https://github.com/mbutterick/pdfkit/blob/master/lib/font/embedded.coffee
                  (vector-set! subset-idxs idx subset-idx)
                         
                  (set-glyph-position-advance-width! posn (glyph-advance-width glyph))
-                 (scale-glyph-position! posn (efont-scale ef))
+                 ;; next line commented out to make 2048 em work
+                 #;(scale-glyph-position! posn (efont-scale ef))
                  (vector-set! new-positions idx posn)
                         
                  (hash-ref! (efont-widths ef) gid (λ () (glyph-position-advance-width posn)))
diff --git a/pitfall/pitfall/font.rkt b/pitfall/pitfall/font.rkt
index 1441ebd5..c440fbd8 100644
--- a/pitfall/pitfall/font.rkt
+++ b/pitfall/pitfall/font.rkt
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 (define (line-height f size [include-gap #f])
   (define gap (if include-gap (pdf-font-line-gap f) 0))
-  (* (/ (+ (pdf-font-ascender f) gap (- (pdf-font-descender f))) 1000.0) size))
+  (* (/ (+ (pdf-font-ascender f) gap (- (pdf-font-descender f))) (pdf-font-upm f)) size))
 
 (define (open-pdf-font name id)
   ((if (standard-font-name? name) make-standard-font make-embedded-font) name id))
diff --git a/pitfall/pitfall/text.rkt b/pitfall/pitfall/text.rkt
index 144f2a86..d78dd234 100644
--- a/pitfall/pitfall/text.rkt
+++ b/pitfall/pitfall/text.rkt
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ https://github.com/mbutterick/pdfkit/blob/master/lib/mixins/text.coffee
 (define (add-text doc x y str features)
   (match-define (list encoded-char-strs positions) (encode (pdf-current-font doc) str features))
   
-  (define scale (/ (pdf-current-font-size doc) 1000.0))
+  (define scale (/ (pdf-current-font-size doc) (pdf-font-upm (pdf-current-font doc))))
   (define commands empty)
   
   ;; Adds a segment of text to the TJ command buffer