diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 72f4a44a..e218203e 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -531,6 +531,7 @@ Onno Kreuzinger <ok@solutas.net>
 
 Rudi Hofer (Rudi.Hofer@gmx.de)
  for his help in keeping 'channels.conf' up to date
+ for reporting a problem with overlapping tab positions in skins when using wide fonts
 
 Gregoire Favre <greg@ulima.unil.ch>
  for fixing some function headers to make them compile with gcc 3.x
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index e2dfa50a..10b83906 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -6893,3 +6893,5 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 
 - The fps value for channels where it differs from the default is now set correctly
   when pausing live video.
+- Increased the average character estimate for calculating tab positions in skins,
+  to better suit wide fonts (reported by Rudi Hofer).
diff --git a/skins.c b/skins.c
index 427e4224..ccf8c099 100644
--- a/skins.c
+++ b/skins.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: skins.c 2.3 2011/08/21 11:21:19 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: skins.c 2.4 2012/02/20 11:47:15 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "skins.h"
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ void cSkinDisplayMenu::SetTabs(int Tab1, int Tab2, int Tab3, int Tab4, int Tab5)
   tabs[3] = Tab3 ? tabs[2] + Tab3 : 0;
   tabs[4] = Tab4 ? tabs[3] + Tab4 : 0;
   tabs[5] = Tab5 ? tabs[4] + Tab5 : 0;
-  int AvgCharWidth = Setup.FontOsdSize * 3 / 5; // just an estimate
+  int AvgCharWidth = Setup.FontOsdSize * 4 / 6; // just an estimate
   for (int i = 1; i < MaxTabs; i++)
       tabs[i] *= AvgCharWidth;
 }